Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin
Pollin in 2017
Born
Robert Pollin Kercheck

(1950-09-29) September 29, 1950 (age 74)
Parent(s)Abe Pollin (father)
Irene Pollin (mother)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin,
Madison

New School
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst

Robert Pollin (born September 29, 1950) is an American economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst,[1] where he is also founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).

Pollin received his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research in 1982.[2] He has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and United Nations Development Program.[3] He has also worked as an advisor to US Senator Bernie Sanders.[4]

Pollin has published several books on topics in public economics, such as inequality, financial regulation and public welfare.[5][6][7] In 2013, he was selected by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the “100 Leading Global Thinkers.”[3]

  1. ^ "PERI - Robert Pollin". peri.umass.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  2. ^ https://peri.umass.edu/images/CVs/R_Pollin_CV_December_2019_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ a b "PERI - Robert Pollin". peri.umass.edu. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  4. ^ https://peri.umass.edu/images/CVs/R_Pollin_CV_December_2019_1.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  5. ^ "Robert Pollin". MIT Press. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  6. ^ Pollin, Robert. "Robert Pollin". Waterstones.
  7. ^ Steelman, Aaron. "Breaking into the Mainstream" (PDF). Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond. Retrieved August 22, 2015.