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Email: gepstein@econs.umass.edu
Professor of Economics and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute
UNIV. OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Gerald Epstein is a Professor of Economics and a Founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. His research has focused on political economy and progressive economic policy, especially in the areas of central banking, macroeconomic policy and international finance. Epstein received his PhD in Economics from Princeton University and is a long time staff economist for the Center for Popular Economics (CPE) in Amherst.
What's Wrong with Modern Money Theory: A Critique
The Political Economy of Central Banking: Contested Control and the Power of Finance
Neoliberalism's Bailout Problem
(with Robert Pollin) Boston Review
Economics and the Left: Interviews with Progressive Economists
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