Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin is an American economist and activist. He is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).

He was the economic spokesperson in Jerry Brown's 1992 campaign for President of the United States.

He is the son of Abe Pollin, the owner of the NBA's Washington Wizards.

Books

* "The Macroeconomics of Saving, Finance, and Investment" (1997)
* "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy" (ed., with Dean Baker and Gerald Epstein; 1998)
* "Contours of Descent: US Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity" (2003)
* "The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy" (with Stephanie Luce)
* "Transforming the US Financial System" (ed., with Gary Dymski and Gerald Epstein)


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