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U",versity of Massachusetts Amhers1
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LIVING WAGE STUDY PROPOSAL FOR
SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA
December, 1999
Principal. Inyestigator:
Dr. Robert Pollin
Professor of Economics and
Co-Director. Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Project Team Members:
Professor Robert Poll in, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Professor John Elliot, University of Southern California
Professor Stephanie Luce, University ofMassachustts-Amherst.
Professor Michael Ash, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Mr_ Mark Brenner, University of Massachusetts-Amherst and
University of California-Riverside
Ms. Amy Ickowitz, University of California-Riverside
Mr. John Peters, University of Southern California
Ms. Jeanette Lim, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
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SANTA MONICA LIVING WAGE STUDY PROPOSAL
Principal Investigator:
Professor Robert Pollin
Department of Economics and
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Part 1. Statement of Qualifications
Identification of proj ect team. . . ... .. . . .. . .. . . . ... .. . ... . .. . . . p. 1
Description of experience. . . .. . .. . .. . . . . ... .. . . . . . .. . .. ... . .. . p. 4
References... '" . . . . .. . .. .. . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . p. 5
Part 2. Study Methodology and Approach... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... p. 9
Part 3. Description of Deliverables... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ........ p. 20
Part 4. Project Availability/Schedulerrime Line.................. .p. 21
Part 5 . Fee Proposal. .. ... . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. ... .. . ... . . . . . . . .. ... . . . . . . . .. . p. 23
Curriculum Vitae for Project Team Members... ... ... ....... ... .. ..begins after p. 25
Part 1. Statement of Qualifications
A) Principal Investi2ator
Dr. Robert Pollin
Professor of Economics and
Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-7510
(413) 577-0126 (office); (413) 545-6355 (PERI office)
(413) 545-2921 (fax); oollin@econs.umass.edu
B) Identification ofProiect Team
(Curriculum vitae/or all project team members are provided after the text of the proposal)
Professor Robert Pollin
Professor Poll in, the Principal Investigator for this project, has considerable experience
researching living wage proposals. He has directed research projects on this question, in Los
Angeles and New Orleans, which we describe more fully below. He has also co-authored The
Living Wage, and has published both academic and popular articles based on his research. He
has made numerous public presentations on the subject, before city or county councils in Los
Angeles, Buffalo, New York, and Montgomery County, Maryland, at various academic settings
throughout the country, and before general audiences. He has also been frequently interviewed
and cited in the media as a leading authority on this issue, including, over the past two months, in
the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Wall Street Journal.
Professor Pollin has been active in policy-oriented research and advising throughout his
academic career. He has been a consultant to the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S.
Congress, the United Nations Development Program, and was Economic Spokesperson for the
1992 Presidential Campaign of Gov. Jerry Brown. He was a member of the Capital Formation
Subcouncil of the U.S. Competitiveness Policy Council, is a Research Associate of the Economic
Policy Institute, and is founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute at the
University of Massachusetts- Amherst.
As principal investigator, Professor Poll in will have overall responsibility for this project.
This includes designing the research methodology; overseeing data collection~ organizing all
materials for study; supervising preliminary drafts of all sections of the study and writing some
preliminary drafts; writing all major sections of the final draft of the study; and serving as lead
speaker for all public presentations of our research findings.
Professor John Elliot
Professor of Economics and
Director, Political Economy and Public Policy Program
University of Southern California
Professor Elliot is a highly distinguished academic figure in Los Angeles, having been a
professor at the University of Southern California for 40 years. As the founding and current
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Director of the Political Economy and Public Policy Program at USC, Professor Elliot has
established a first-rate, nationally recognized economic research program, in which faculty and
graduate students investigate a range of applied, policy-oriented questions. Professor Elliot has
created this program while continuing his own active research agenda in theoretical economics,
comparative economic systems, and the history of economic ideas.
For this project, Professor Elliot will contribute his broad professional expertise on
political economy and public policy, in particular as these topics apply to the Southern California
area. As a distinguished theoretical and historical economist, Professor Elliot will also review
drafts of the report, to ensure that they are both analytically coherent and fully cognizant of the
broader set of relevant political and economic issues.
Professor Stephanie Luce
Assistant Professor, Labor Center and
Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute
Uni versity of Massachusetts-Amherst
Professor Luce is a highly experienced researcher on living wage and related issues.
With Professor Poll in and others, she co-authored studies of living wage proposals in Los
Angeles and New Orleans. She is also co-author of The Living Wage and various academic and
more popular articles on the subject. Her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison was The Role of Secondary Associations in Implementing and Monitoring
Local Policv: An Assessment of Living Wage Ordinances. As its title suggests, her dissertation
examined the experiences with living wage ordinances in various cities, to understand in depth
the practical issues involved in implementing and monitoring proposals that have passed into law.
In addition to her research on living wages, Professor Luce has considerable experience both in
teaching and applying statistical analysis to labor market issues. She has conducted quantitative
research on labor-related questions both in academic settings and as an Economist with the U.S.
Department of Labor and the U.S. Commission on Agricultural Workers. For her work with the
Department of Labor, Professor Luce received both a Special Achievement Award and a
Secretary's Excellent Achievement Group Award.
For this project, Professor Luce will direct the survey we will conduct of both workers
and businesses that would be affected by the proposed ordinance. She supervised an analytically
similar survey in New Orleans last winter. In addition, Prof. Luce will also assemble available
information and direct new research on the experiences to date in various municipalities with
living wage programs. Finally, Professor Luce will participate in the gathering and analysis of
data that we will retrieve from publicly available sources, including Dun and Bradstreet's
Business Directory, the American Business Disk, the University of Minnesota's regional input-
output model, IMPLAN, and various governmental agencies.
Professor Michael Ash
Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy and
Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Professor Ash is a specialist in the microeconomics of labor markets, statistical analysis,
and public policy. Much of his research to date has focused on how one measures and evaluates
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the qualities that workers contribute to a work-setting, as well as how well the wages and other
compensation workers receive corresponds with the qualities they contribute. Professor Ash has
been an active researcher both in academic institutions and in various public policy settings. His
public policy appointments have been as a Research Fellow with the Trenton, NJ Office of Policy
Studies, fUld as a Staff Labor Economist with the U.S. President's Council of Economic Advisors.
For this project, Professor Ash will provide analytic background for all relevant issues in
labor economics. This will include how the supply of and demand for low-wage workers are
affected when minimum wage mandates are established. He will also consider what the likely
effects will be on business behavior by having the ordinance apply only to businesses with 50 or
more employees. nus will be especially relevant for businesses that, at present, have slightly
more or less than 50 employees. Prof. Ash will also provide guidance in addressing the range of
statistical modeling issues that we will face in our data analysis.
Mr. Mark Brenner
Doctoral Candidate in Economics
University of Californa-Riverside and
Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Mr. Brenner is an experienced researcher on living wage issues, having co-authored,
along with Professor Pollin and others, impact studies of living wage proposals in Los Angeles
and New Orleans. Mr. Brenner is also currently researching how productivity is affected when
wages are raised in a low-wage work environment. The firms Mr. Brenner is examining for this
productivity study are located in Los Angeles. Mr. Brenner is also experienced in analyzing
survey data. In addition to participating in the survey of New Orleans firms associated with the
living wage impact study there, Mr. Brenner has also worked with such data sources for China
and the Ivory Coast. Mr. Brenner's research on the Ivory Coast was supported last year by a
Fulbright Scholarship from the U.S. government. Next month, Mr. Brenner will be defending his
completed doctoral dissertation in Economics at the University of California-Riverside.
Mr. Brenner will be assistant director of this project. On a day-to-day basis, he will
oversee all data-gathering activities, including the surveys of workers and businesses in Santa
Monica, and the gathering of existing relevanrpublic data from Dun & Bradstreet, the IMPLAN
input-output model of the University of Minnesota, and government data sources. He will also be
responsible for organizing and writing some of the initial drafts of this report. As needed, he will
also assist Prof. Pollin in public presentations of our results to the Santa Monica City Council and
other relevant groups.
Mr. John Peters
Ph.D. Candidate in Political Economy and Public Policy
University of Southern California
Ms. Amv Ickowitz
Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
University of California-Riverside
Mr. Peters and Ms. Ickowitz are both advanced graduate students with outstanding
records, at their levels of seniority, in teaching, research, and professional publication. Under the
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direction of Profs. Poll in and Luce, they will carry out the surveys of both the workers and
businesses that would be affected by the proposed Santa Monica ordinance. In addition, using the
Dun and Bradstreet and American Business Disk databases, they have already conducted
preliminary research identifying the firms within the Santa Monica Coastal Zone that would be
affected by the proposed ordinance (the results of this preliminary research are presented
elsewhere). Mr. Peters and Ms. Ickowitz will continue to work with these and other public data
sources as our research proceeds.
Ms. Jeanette Lim
Graduate Student in Economics
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Ms. Lim has worked as a statistical researcher on labor market and public policy issues at
both the Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the Economic
Policy Institute in Washington, DC. For this project, she will be responsible for assessing the
household status of low-wage workers, both specifically those that would be affected by the
proposed Santa Monica ordinance and more generally. As such, she will be working both with
the survey data we collect on workers employed within the Coastal Zone, and public data from
the U.S. Government Current Population Survey and other sources.
C) Description of Experience
Professor Pollin has led two major research projects on living wage proposals. The first,
in Los Angeles, was completed in October 1996. The second, in New Orleans, in July 1999.1
Prof. Stephanie Luce and Mr. Mark Brenner both worked with Prof. Pollin on these two projects.
We have enclosed copies of both studies.
In addition, Profs. Poll in and Luce published the book The Living Wage: Building a Fair
Economy in 1998. This work incorporated many of the findings from the initial Los Angeles
study. The book also assessed living wage proposals in other cities, providing estimates of the
effects of such proposals using our initial Los Angeles database as the means to quantify the
impact of these alternative proposals. The book, finally, considered living wage proposals within
a broader policy context--including their relationship to both the urban development policies
currently practiced in most municipalities; as well as how a national living wage standard would
interact with policies aimed at promoting full employment. We have enclosed a copy of the book
with this package.
It may be useful to comment briefly on our Los Angeles and New Orleans studies in
relationship to how we would approach the project for Santa Monica.
I The Tourist Industry Development Council of Los Angeles (now known as the Los Angeles Alliance for a
New Economy) initially asked Prof. Pollin to consider researching the Los Angeles proposal. Funds to
support the work of research assistants on that project were provided by the Caritas Fund of the Shaler-
Adams Foundation, the Liberty Hill Foundation, Wally Marks, and the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los
Angeles. The New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation initially asked Prof. Pollin about writing the New
Orleans study. Research for the New Orleans study was supported entirely through the internal budget of
the Political Economy Research Institute.
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The basic questio.n motivating both of these studies was the same: what would be the
likely costs and benefits of a specific living wage ordinance that voters had proposed? At the
same time, there were substantial differences in the Los Angeles and New Orleans proposals, and
in the research methods we used in the two studies.
The Los Angeles proposal--which has since been passed into law--mandates a minimum
wage standard only for firms which have contracts or concession agreements with the city, or
which receive large economic development subsidies from the city. By contrast, the New Orleans
proposal-which is still being debated at various levels, including the state appeals courts--
mandates a minimum wage one dollar above the federal level for all private sector workers
employed within the city limits.
The proposal for Santa Monica has parallels as well as differences with both the Los
Angeles and New Orleans proposals. It is similar to the LA proposal, in that its impact is targeted
at basically the same regional labor market. But it is different than the LA proposal, in that it
would cover all workers employed by large firms within the stipulated geographic area--the Santa
Monica Coastal Zone--rather than city contractors and subsidy recipients only.
The relatively broad coverage of the Santa Monica proposal makes it similar in principle
to what has been proposed for New Orleans. Many of the same questions we examined for the
New Orleans case-such as the impact on business competition and firm location decisions--will
be prominent issues in Santa Monica. At the same time, the New Orleans proposal is, at once,
both more extensive and more narrow than the proposal for Santa Monica. The New Orleans
proposal would cover roughly 50,000 workers--i.e. a high proportion of the lowest-paid wage
workers in a city that is both large and relatively poor. But the increase in the minimum wage
being proposed in New Orleans is to $6.15 only. As such, the impact of the proposal on, for
example, the competitiveness of affected firms will be different than what would likely result in
Santa Monica.
In terms of methodology, for our Los Angeles study, we relied almost entirely on
publicly available government statistics in generating our findings. For our New Orleans study,
we conducted an extensive telephone survey of businesses in the city to gather information on
their labor costs and overall costs. We then supplemented this survey data with the same kind of
government statistics we used for Los Angeles. For the Santa Monica study, we would again plan
to conduct an extensive survey, but then also draw upon government data and other publicly
available statistical information.
D) References
To provide you with a broad range of perspectives on our qualifications and research to
date on living wage proposals, we have assembled two sets of references.
The first group of references includes clients who have been involved in policymaking on
living wage proposals. Each of these clients has either solicited our research (in Los Angeles and
New Orleans) or has asked Prof. Poll in to present public testimony on the issue (in Buffalo, NY
and Montgomery County, Maryland). Each of these references has granted their permission for
your office to contact them as you wish, in conducting your appraisal of our application.
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The second set of references is a group of 10 distinguished senior academic economists,
who are capable of providing peer evaluations of our work. Each of these 10 academic
economists agreed to send confidential letters directly to Ms. Susan McCarthy. We have included
their addresses, including e-mail addresses, should it be necessary to send them reminder notices,
or to follow up with them in any other way.
Client References
1) Councilmember Byron Brown
Buffalo Common Council
1414 City Hall
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 851-5145
2) Councilmember Jackie Goldberg
Los Angeles City Council
200 North Main Street, Room 408
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 485-3353
3) County Council President Isiah Leggett
Montgomery County Council
100 Maryland Avenue, 6th Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
(240) 777-7955
4) Mr. Mark Moreau, Esq.
New Orleans Legal Assistance Corporation
144 Elk Place, Suite 1000
New Orleans, Louisiana 70112
(504) 851-1016 .
Academic References
1) Professor John DiNardo
Depamnent of Economics
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CA
<jdinardo@aris.ss.uci.edu>
2) Professor James K. Galbraith
LBJ School of Public Affairs
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin TX 78713
<Galbraith@mail.utexas.edu>
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3) Professor Andrew Glyn
Corpus Christi College
University of Oxford
Oxford OX 1 4JF
United Kingdom
<andrew .gl yn@corpus-christi.oxford.ac.uk>
4) Professor Keith Griffin
Department of Economics
University of California-Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
<griffin@mail.ucr.edu>
5) Professor Robert Heilbroner
Depamnent of Economics
Graduate Faculty
New School for Social Research
65 Fifth A venue
New York, NY 10011
6) Professor Steven Marglin
Depamnent of Economics
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts 02128
<smarglin@kuznets.fas.harvard.edu>
7) Professor Johathan Michie
Department of Management
Birkbeck College
University of London
Malet Street
London WCIE 7HX
<j .michie@mbs.bbk.ac.uk>
8) Professor Jan Svenjar
School of Business Administration
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
<svejnar@umich.edu>
9) Professor Thomas Weisskopf
Depamnent of Economics and
President, Residential College
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
< tomw@umich.edu>
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10) Professor Edward Wolff
Depamnent of Economics
New York University
New York, NY
<wolffe@fasecon.econ.nyu.edu>
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Part 2. Study Methodoloe:v and Approach
The methods we would employ would be basically the same as those for our Los Angeles
and New Orleans studies. That is, we would want to measure as carefully as possible both the
likely costs and benefits of the Santa Monica proposal. We would then weigh costs and benefits,
to form an overall judgement on the merits of the proposal. We would also want to consider
possible ways to alter the proposal, in an effort to increase its benefits and reduce its costs.
The challenge with this sort of project, of course, is in how one proceeds from such broad
methodological concepts to creating a research study that will be illuminating in addressing your
practical policy concerns. Our study would focus on the following set of principles, questions,
and techniques in trying to inform your debate.
1. First Do No Harm
The aim of the Santa Monica living wage ordinance is to improve the situation of the
working poor in the area. The RPP for this project notes that the Santa Monica City Council
sympathizes "with the intent of the proposed ordinance," (p. 4). We share that general sympathy.
At the same time-indeed especially because of the broad sympathies we hold--we adhere to
scrupulous standards of research objectivity in examining the potential pitfalls of the proposal.
Perhaps the most costly errors in implementing new economic policies occur when policy
designers ignore the "law of unintended consequences," i.e. the potential to do harm while
seeking to do good. Hippocrates teaches us that it is better to do nothing than to make things
worse, regardless of the merits of ones intentions.
In our previous work on this subject, we, like the Santa Monica City Council, have been
open in our broad sympathies with the aim of living wage proposals. We have correspondingly
made clear our admiration for the efforts of living wage proponents. Moreover, through the
research we conducted in both Los Angeles and New Orleans, we reached the conclusion that the
benefits of these particular proposals exceeded their costs. Despite this, in all of our research, we
have paid careful attention to measuring costs, and have been explicit that we do not endorse
living wage proposals as a matter of principle, before having taken careful account of the costs
and benefits of each proposal.
Given our strong commitment to rigorous and dispassionate research on this question, we
were very pleased to read the letter of September 7, 1999 to the City Council by Thomas R.
Laramie, Chair of the Committee for Job Opportunities and Business Solutions. Mr. Laramie
quotes at some length from our book The Living Wage: Building A Fair Economy, to make the
point that we have indeed been careful to take account of costs as well as benefits ofliving wage
proposals (by contrast, in his view, with some other supporters of the living wage concept).
How will our fundamental commitment to dispassionate research play out in practice in
this particular study? We will begin by recognizing up front some of the major potential
problems associated with this proposal. These include the following:
1. Job Losses for Low-Wage Workers. The proposal would virtually double the
minimum wage rate that affected firms are required to pay. Faced with higher wage costs,
businesses may respond to the ordinance by laying offworkers. This incentive might be
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particularly strong for those firms close to the 50-employee threshold for falling within the
stipulations of the ordinance.
2. Replacement of Existing Emplovees. Even if firms choose not to reduce their
workforce, they might decide that the higher wages they are mandated to pay are better spent on
workers they perceive as more productive than those they are currently employing.
3. Wage Increases Not Reaching its Target Group. The intention of the proposal is to
bring a higher living standard to low-income workers and their families. However, the workers
currently holding the targeted jobs may be the second- or third-income earners in their
households. They could also be middle-class teenagers seeking extra spending money. The
benefits of the program will be dissipated to the extent that those receiving raises includes people
other than low-income workers.
4. Relocation of Existing Firms. Since affected firms might decide that the costs of
meeting the wage mandate are too high, they might either close or relocate. Either way, this
would then produce job losses for workers, and a general dampening of the demand for workers
in the area.
5. Discouraging Potential New Firms From Locating in Santa Monica. The ordinance
could send a signal throughout the business community that Santa Monica is a difficult place to
operate. The effects of this could reverberate beyond the Coastal Zone itself; discouraging
businesses from locating in the general area. Here again, the effect of this would be to discourage
job opportunities for low-wage workers in the area.
6. Draining Public Sector Resources. The RFP correctly notes that the Santa Monica
proposal differs from ordinances in other cities, in that it does not apply only to firms holding city
contracts or receiving directcity subsidies. As such, the impact of the proposal on public sector
reveunes will be less direct than with the other ordinances. Nevertheless, if the ordinance did
discourage businesses from locating in Santa Monica, it could also mean a loss of tax revenues
for the city. A declining tax base, in turn, could reduce benefits for other city-directed efforts at
assisting low-income families.
2. Research Desii!D
Our research will address these and related concerns, including the 10 questions posed on
pp. 5-7 of the RFP. There will be three basic components to our research: 1) Understanding the
workforce and businesses that would be affected by the proposal; 2) Measuring the total costs of
the proposal; and 3) Measuring the total benefits of the proposal. Here, we sketch our approach
to each of these three components of the study. .
Measurini! the Affected Workforce and Businesses
In our Los Angeles study, we relied primarily on publicly available data sources to
generate estimates of the number of businesses and workers affected. In our New Orleans study,
our primary data source was a survey of 444 businesses, which employed 23.4 percent of the
entire workforce of the City. For Santa Monica, we intend to combine publicly available data
sources and surveys of both workers and employers. The fact that the proposal would affect a
relatively small number of businesses obviously makes the task of conducting an adequate survey
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far more manageable than in New Orleans. It also allows us to use publicly available data in a
more targeted way than had been true in our previous work.
Indeed, from one publicly available data source, the Dun and Bradstreet Million Dollar
Directory, we have already been able to take a first preliminary look at the universe of firms and
workers that would be affected by the proposal. The Dun and Bradstreet directory includes only
firms with at least 20 employees or $1 million in annual sales. Because the living wage proposal
would apply only to Coastal Zone firms with at least 50 employees, the Dun and Bradstreet
directory does include all firms that would be affected by the proposal. But it does not include .all
of the unaffected firms inside the zone or the broader set of smaller firms in Santa Monica.
We show some results from the Dun and Bradstreet survey in Tables 1 and 2. Table I
lists virtually all of the firms that would have been affected by the proposal had it been enacted in
JuDe 1999, when the data were last updated. We see from the table that the ordinance would
affect 48 firms (in addition to those approximately seven additional firms for which we do not yet
have adequate information). These 48 firms have a combined sales of$888.6 million and employ
6,107 workers.
We have grouped the firms by industry. We see from the table that, the largest
concentration of affected businesses is in the restaurant industry, with a total of 21 firms. These
firms generated a total of$124 million in sales between June 1998 and June 1999, and they
employed a total of 1,645 workers. The next largest concentration of affected businesses is in the
hotel industry. Seven hotels would be affected by the ordinance. In 1998-99, these hotels had a
combined sales total of$55.9 million and employed 1,630 workers. Following hotels, the
heaviest concentration offirms is in retail, which employs 793 workers and the public sector,
employing 542 workers.
The Dun and Bradstreet survey does not provide information on wage rates, so we cannot
know as yet how many workers would be eligible for raises. This is clearly one major question
for which survey data would be very helpful.
Table 2 shows \,IS a sampling of the larger firms that would be unaffected by the
ordinance. As we see from even this limited sample, the proportion of Santa Monica firms that
would be affected by the ordinance is far less than the total number of area firms. As we see,
1,038 larger firms in Santa Monica would not be affected by the ordinance. This means that only
about five percent ofthe larger Coastal Zone firms would be affected. Moreover, these large
Coastal Zone firms employ only about 15 percent of the workers in all of Santa Monica larger
firms.
We will collect much more detailed data of this sort. Our first additional data source, of
course, will be our survey of the affected firms and workers. We may also want to survey the
unaffected businesses on a more limited scale, especially to support our analysis of how the
ordinance would affect the competitive environment among Santa Monica businesses.
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Table 1: Preliminary Data on Coastal Zone Firms that Would be Affected by Santa
Monica Living Wage Ordinance
Firms Sales Employees
(June 1998-99; (as of June
in millions of 1999)
dollars)
Eating and Drinking (21 Firms)
3rd Street Billiard Club Inc. 2.2 85
Boat House Host Inc. 1.4 50
Broadway Deli 6.8 170
California Leisure Group Inc. 2 50
Casino USA Inc. 1.5 60
Chinois On Main Ltd. 3.7 60
Crocodile Enterprises Inc. 1.7 70
Dirk. Bill & Gary's Inc. 1.2 200
Famous Enterprise Fish 3.9 85
Hooter's Restaurant 2.8 110
Broadway Bar and Grill 1.3 50
Kununaya USA Inc. 1.3 50
Oddfellows Billiards Inc. 1.6 60
Remi Restaurant LP 2.7 61
Robert Bums & Sons Inc. 1.5 60
Romana Promenade Inc. 3.3 74
Teaser's Corporation 2 70
Temmel Corporation 2 60
University Restaurant Group 1.7 70
Wolfgang Puck Food Company 78.4 100
Ye Old Kingshead Inc. 1.1 50
Subtotals: 124.1 1645
Hotels and Other Lodging (7 Firms)
Le Merigot 1.9 50
Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel 8.4 250
Thomas Edward Hospitality Corp. 12.7 350
Second Street Corporation 5.3 145
Loews Santa Monica Hotel 13.4 400
Nakano California Inc. 6.8 175
Miramar Hotel Corporation 7.4 260
Subtotals 55.9 1630
Other Retail Trade (5 Firms)
Sears Roebuck And Co. 15.5 225
Macy's West Inc. 9.4 137
The May Department Stores Co. 20.8 300
Urban Outfitters Inc. 4.2 70
Goldline International Inc. 6.2 61
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Subtotals 56.1 793
Other Services (4 Fums)
Santa Monica, City Of 25 384
Santa Monica, City Of 1.1 50
Los Am~eles, County Of 0 55
Santa Monica, City Of 0 53
Subtotals 26.1 542
Entertainment Services (3 Fums)
Lucifilms Inc. 8 50
Beach Club Inc. 3 60
Jonathan Club 4.5 150
Subtotals 15.5 260
Fmance, Insurance, and Real
Estate (3 Firms)
Roxbury Capital Management 8 51
Wilshire Associates Inc. 65.8 210
Dimensional Fund Advisors 38.9 55
Subtotals 112.8 316
Lt!1!al Services (2 Fums)
Bryan Cave LLP 10.7 120
Dickson, Carlson & Campillo 10.8 95
Su btotals 21.5 215
Food Stores (1 Firm)
Lucky Stores Inc. 17.3 150
Business Services (1 Firm)
Postaer Rubin And Associates 450 300
Educational Services (1 Fum)
Santa Monica-Ma1ibu Unified 9.3 256
Totals 888.6 6107
Source: Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory (MOD). The MDD
includes firms with 20 or more employees or at least $1 million in annual
sales. The database was last updated in June 1999.
Note: Several finns were not included in this list due to insufficient
information. These firms include: RAND, Pacific Park, Ivy at the Shore, II
Fomaio, Pacific Shore Hotel, AMC.
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Table 2: Preliminary figures on larger Santa Monica firms inside and outside of
coastal zone that would not be affected by living wage ordinance
(current preliminary data source includes only firms with at least 20 employees or $1 million in annual
sales)
Industry Number of Firms Sales Employees
(June 1998-99; in (as of June
millions of dollars 1999)
Business services 221 1,358.1 7,950
Other retail trade 122 1,344.6 2,853
Entertainment services 122 2,998.7 4,292
Finance, insurance, and real estate 105 2,708.3 3,235
Manufacturing 79 1.035.7 4,249
Wholesale trade, distribution, and importing 75 2,034.7 1. 755
Eating and drinking 74 126.6 2,632
Construction 63 469.5 1. 004
Health services 47 197 3,172
Transportation and travel services 35 122.4 700
Legal services 25 114.7 965
Educational services 24 283 2,946
Personal services 19 62.3 539
Other services 12 133.1 1,683
Hotels and other lodging 9 51 581
Food stores 6 61.2 501
Totals 1038 13,100.9 39,057
Source: Dun & Bradstreet's Million Dollar Directory (MDD).
The MDD includes firms with 20 or more employees or at least $1 million in annual sales.
The database was last updated in June 1999.
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Four additional publicly available data sources will also be helpful. The first is the
American Business Disk. This provides information on all firms, including the smaller firms in
Santa Manica. But the level of detail in this survey is less extensive than the Dun and Bradstreet
survey. We will therefore use the American Business Disk primarily to help us measure the total
number of businesses in Santa Monica and the Coastal Zone, and to provide a rough gauge of the
size of these firms.
A second additional source will be the IMPLAN regional input-output model, through
which we are able to obtain information on the cost structures of firms according to both industry
type and region. These data could serve as a supplement to cost information we obtain directly
from the businesses themselves, including both the affected and unaffected firms.
Another useful data source, especially for measuring the number of firms and workers by
industry, is the government's ES-202 Unemployment Insurance Data. The State of California has
quarterly data gathered for all firms in the state. We will use this source as a supplement to our
direct surveys of workers and firms, in establishing an accurate picture of the wage structure
within the affected firms.
Finally, from the federal government's Current Population Survey, we will be able to
obtain information on household structure--how many family members are in a household, how
many have jobs, what is the family's total income, etc.--for low-income households in the Los
Angeles region. This information can serve to supplement the direct information we obtain
through surveying workers directly.
Staff to Work on Basic Data Gatherini!
All data-gathering activities will be supervised by Prof. Poll in. Mark Brenner will direct
this work on a day-to-day basis.
1. S urvev
The survey wiU be directed by Prof. Luce, and will be conducted by John Peters and Amy
Ickowitz. To complete the survey on a timely basis, we may, as needed, also employ one or more
additional Ph.D. students at either the Political Economy and Public Policy program at USC or
the Economics program at UC Riverside.
2. Public Data Sources
A) John Peters and Amy Ickowitz are responsible for the data in Tables I and 2 on
affected Coastal Zone firms, drawn from the Dun and Bradstreet data base. They will continue to
work with this source and the American Business Data Disk.
B) Mark Brenner and Stephanie Luce will be responsible for gathering information from
IMPLAN and the ES-202 database, to help estimate cost structures for the affected firms. They
worked with these same data sets in our Los Angeles and Santa Monica studies. They will
combine this data work with our survey data, to provide cross-checks in generating reliable
estimates.
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C) Jeanette Lim will be responsible for working with the Current Population Survey, to
obtain information on the household situations of low-wage workers in the Santa Monica area.
Ms. Lim will also organize our survey data on household structures. She will then combine both
the survey data and that from the Current Population Survey. This will generate a more complete
picture of the household situation for low-wage workers, and, again, provide cross-checks on the
reliability of our information coming from either of our two sources.
3) Analvzinl! the Response afFirms to the Ordinance
The first basic data we will need to analyze how firms will respond to the ordinance will
be the cost estimates-in particular figures on total cost increases resulting from the ordinance and
the size of that cost increase relative to the firms' total costs.
Once we have that information, we will then be able to consider systematically how firms
will respond to these cost increases. Firms can respond to the cost increases in five possible
ways:
I. Raising prices. Firms in the same industry within the Coastal Zone will face similar
cost increases due to the ordinance. But these firms will also have to compete with local firms
that do not face the same minimum wage mandate. The ability of the Coastal Zone firms to raise
prices will therefore depend on how their customers will respond to price increases (i.e. the "price
elasticity of demand It of for these firms' customers).
2. Increasing firm productivitv. This could be done through either a) raising the
productivity of the existing workforce; b) replacing the existing employees with more productive
workers; or c) Using various types of machinery to an increasing extent.
3. Redistributing income within the firm. This would specifically entail allowing low-
wage workers to receive a higher share of the firm's total income. It would correspondingly mean
that a smaller share of the firm's total income would go to the firm's owners and/or its higher-paid
workers.
4. Laving off workers. This could be done by the larger firms simply to reduce costs,
once they have begun to pay the mandated raises. But an additional incentive exists for some of
the smaller affected firms to lay off workers: to get the firm below the 50-employee threshold, so
they no longer fall under the terms of the ordinance.
5. Close operations and/or relocate out of the Coastal Zone. This is the most expensive
adjustment that the affected firms could take in response to the living wage ordinance. The firms
are therefore likely to thoroughly consider the less costly adjustment paths before they .would
move out of the Coastal Zone or relocate.
A major part of our work for this project will be to analyze the relative extent to which
firms will respond to the ordinance in these five possible ways. Once we have a good sense of
how firms are likely to respond, we will then be well-placed to understand the broader effects of
the ordinance as well, including its potential benefits to workers, the impact on consumers, the
effect on the area's overall business climate, and the effects on the city's own financial resources.
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As noted above, our cost data will provide the raw material for understanding the relative
extent to which firms will respond in these five possible ways. But we will also need to study
other factors as well here. One is the competitive environment in which the firms operate. This
will entail studying the structure of firms in Santa Monica and the region, and the nature of the
industries-in particular, restaurants, hotels, and retail firms-where the effects of the ordinance
are likely to be heaviest. The experiences that other municipalities and states have had with local
living wage ordinances and state-wide minimum wage laws will also be helpful in this section of
our study. Finally, we will also want to consider analogous experiences with mandated
thresholds comparable to the 50 employee threshold that would apply to firms under the Santa .
Monica ordinance.
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First, once we have a good sense of the family situations in which the affected workers
live, we will then be able to measure the extent to which workers net income--after taxes and
subsidies--will change through receiving their wage increase. Answering this question primarily
entails measuring how much Food Stamp and Earned Income Tax Credit benefits will decline
when workers' earned income goes up. But we also want to give serious attention here to another
issue: how workers' self-confidence and sense of dignity may be affected through receiving
relatively more income through their wages, and thereby, relying Icss on government subsidies to
sustain themselves and their families.
In our previous section on firm responses, we will have addressed the issue of whether
firms will either layoff workers or replace thcir existing workforce with those whom they
perceive as more skillfuL Having a sensc of these effects will also be important in estimating the
benefits of the ordinance to workers. Wc would note hcre that even in a worst-case type
situation-i.e. if some displacement of workers did takc placc--it would not necessarily follow that
the overall benefits of the ordinance are seriously diminished. This is because the newly hired
workers might also comc from low-income families who could benefit from the higher wages,
while those workers who had been displaced could still find employment elsewhere in Santa
Monica or the larger Los Angeles labor market.
We will need to also considcr so-called "ripple effccts" wage incrcases for workers in
addition to those receiving mandated raises. Ripple effect raises would go to workers who are in
roughly the same low-wage pay range as those getting the mandated raises. The wages of these
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1) Workers in the affected firms earning above $10.69, but at a rate in that general range;
2) Low-wage workers employed in the Coastal Zone, including those employed by
unaffected firms; and
3) Low-wage workers employed outside the Coastal Zone, but within the broader Santa
Monica and Los Angeles labor market.
Unfortunately, the scholarly literature on ripple effects is thin. As such, we will construct
a range of estimates for this effect, as we did with our LA and New Orleans studies. and in the
book The Living Wage.
In addition to our data sources, this section of our study will also rely heavily on analytic
economics, in applied micro, labor, and industrial economics. In this section as well, Professor
Pollin and Mark Brenner will collaborate with Profs. Ash and Elliot.
5) Benefits for Government and Communities
Once we have estimated the basic costs and benefits of the proposal for workers and
businesses, providing reasonable estimates of the additional benefits of the program should
follow fairlv readilv.
. .
The primary additional beneficiary of the program should bc government entities at
different levels. The federal government will benefit directly through the wagc increases, to the
ex"tent that its expenditures for Food Stamps and the Earned Income Tax Credit fall. Thc County
and State governments will also benefit when the affected workers receive health benefits through
their jobs, and thus are no longer dependent on MediCal and LA County indigent health care.
The City of Santa Monica may also expenence reductions in its spendll1g on anti-poverty
programs. We will attempt to quantify all of these benefits in our study, just as we have done in
our previous work.
In our previous work. we have also attemptcd to mcasure the community "mutiplier
effects" when low-income families enjoy a significant jump in their spending power. This effect
refers to the amount which local business revenues. and in turn. local employment, might rise
when the low-income families increase their spending in the community. Because the Santa
Monica proposal is so narrowly targeted. wc are doubtful that any significant multiplier effects
would result from it. But we will give somc attentIon to this question when we evaluate the
overall benefits of the proposal.
These parts of our study will be conducted by Prof. Pollin and Mark Brenner.
6) Data Sources and Statistical Analvsis
As we have tried to make clear. statistical information is the raw material from which we
will generate our cost and benefit estimates. We will use standard statistical methods in analyzing
the data we gather. These include descriptive presentations through tablcs and graphs, as well as
more formal tools. including, as needed. correlation and regression analysis, tests for statistical
significance and confidence intervals. and input/output modeling.
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But more important for our approach than which particular statistical techniques we use
at any given time is our basic methodological commitment. This is to practice circumspection in
drawing conclusions from statistical data. We know well and appreciate the frequently expressed
cynical views of statistical analysis: "lies, damned lies, and statistics;" "garbage in~ garbage out~"
"torturing the data until the data confesses~" and so on. The only way to guard against "lying with
statistics," either through inadvertence or design, is to examine and present a range of evidence
and to draw conclusions only on the basis of the accumulated weight of evidence, not on the basis
of any single set of data or statistical test. This is the approach that has guided all our previous
research on living wage proposals. It is not surprising that some reviewers of our work have
criticized it for being overburdened with describing calculations and presenting data. Yet we see
no alternative but to continue this approach in researching the Santa Monica proposal.
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Part 3. Description of Deliverables
The basic product that we will produce will be a written report, similar in length and
format to those that we wrote for Los Angeles and New Orleans. In these previous studies, we
presented our results in three formats:
1. Highlights of major findings and responses to basic matters of concerns;
2. An Executive Summary;
3. A main text, which includes appendices detailing our research techniques and data
sources.
The one major difference between these previous studies and the one we would produce
for Santa Monica is that we could reduce the amount of space we devote to general issues on
minimum wages, employment, and poverty. Since we have already covered these issues in these
previous reports and in The Living Wage, we would concentrate in this study on the specific
issues as they relate to the Santa Monica proposal. Once we have completed the main report.
along with the various summaries, we would then also be capable of producing additional
memoranda, as needed, on specific issues that arise in the course of your discussion of these
Issues.
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4) Proiect Availabilitv/Schedule(fime Line
As the data we have presented in Tables 1 and 2 should indicate, we have already done a
bit of preliminary research on this topic. We did this work in part to be able to better gauge how
long it would take to do a first-rate job on the project as a whole. Our research team is prepared
to work intensively on this project after the New Year. From a January 6 starting point, we will
be able to deliver our report in April. We would like to be able to complete it by April I, the date
preferred by the City Council. However, we know from experience that one often faces
unavoidable delays in research, especially when one is conducting extensive surveys. As such,
we would prefer to work with an April 30 deadline. With those 30 extra days, the report would
gain additional value through having a more carefully crafted and, thus, more reliable survey.
P~vlng said that, vve are capable of \J;,lorking quickly to meet unavoidable deadlines. In fact, \ve
completed the initial Los Angeles study in a little more than two months.
With these concerns in mind, we present below our "preferred" time line for the study.
January 6
Commence work on project
January 6 - February 29
1) Conduct surveys of businesses and workers both within and outside the Santa Monica
Coastal Zone.
2) Compile data from public sources.
3) Gather current information on living wage ordinances in other municipalities.
4) Research topics and prepare internal memos on analytic economic themes such as the
effects of policy thresholds, such as the 50-employee minimum, 011 firm behavior.
March 1 - 30
I) Organize results from surveys and public data sources, and synthesize these two sets
of results.
2) Analyze statistical results, and organize data into tables and figures.
3) Conduct formal statistical tests, as needed, and organize results.
4) Begin to prepare initial drafts of report.
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AoriU - 30
1) Complete first draft of study.
2) Fine-tune statistical tests and written analysis.
3) Complete final draft and deliver by April 30.
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5) Fee Proposal
Prof. Robert Pollin
Tasks: * Overall supervision of project (125 hours)
* Research in all areas of project (25 hours)
* Some writing of preliminary drafts of report (30 hours)
* Writing of final draft of report (75 hours)
* Public presentation of results (20 hours)
Total hours...... ...................... ......... ..275
Payment at hourly rate...................... ....academic research time
Prof. John Elliot
Tasks: * Providing perspective on political and economic conditions (10 hours)
* Review memos on analytic topics and drafts of report (20 hours)
Total hours........................... ..... ..30
Payment at S,75/hour rate.................$2,250
Prof. Stephanie Luce
Tasks: * Design and supervision of surveys (40 hours)
* Supervising review of extant living wage ordinances (30 hours)
Total hours......... ...... ............ ...... 70
Payment at $50/hour rate...............S,3,500
Prof. Michael Ash
Tasks: * Analysis of applied micro, labor, and statistics issues (25 hours)
* Preparing memos on research results (15 hours)
Total hours............................... ..40
Payment at S,50/hourrate...............S,2,OOO
Mr. Mark Brenner
Tasks: * Day-to-day management of project (150 hours)
* Assistance on surveys (30 hours)
* Statistical analysis from public sources (40 hours)
* Synthesizing statistical results (30 hours)
* Writing preliminary drafts ofreport (l00 hours)
Total hours... ...... .................... .350
Payment at $40/hour rate............$14,OOO
($7,000 billed; $7,000 academic research time)
Ms. Amv Ickowitz
Tasks: * Surveying workers and employers (225 hours)
* Generating data from public data sources (50 hours)
* Organizing and synthesizing data (25 hours)
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Total hours......... ............... .....300
Payment at $201hour rate........... $6,000
Mr. John Peters
Tasks: * Surveying workers and employers (225 hours)
* Generating data from public data sources (50 hours)
* Organizing and synthesizing data (25 hours)
Total hours....... ................. .....300
Payment at $20/hour rate...........$6,000
Ms. Jeanette Lim
Tasks: * Demographic analysis of Santa Monica covered workers (l00 hours)
* General demographic analysis of low-wage workers (25 hours)
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Travel from Massachusetts to Los An{!eles (at $1,000 per trip)
Robert Pollin, 5 trips ..........$5,000
Mar~ Brenner, 2 trips......... $2,000
Stephanie Luce, 1 trip.........$l,OOO
Telephone, Supplies, Secretarial Support: $2,000 total
Summary of Fee Proposal
Robert Pollin... ... ... ... ............ ... ... ...academic research time
John Elliot... ... ... ... ...... ......... ...... ..$2,250
Stephanie Luce... ......... ......... ...... ...3,500
Michael Ash... ...... ...... ...... ... ...... ...2,000
Mark Brenner............ ... ... ...... ... .....7,000 (billed)
Amy Ickowitz... ... ... ... ... ............ .....6,000
John Peters......... ............... ... ...... ..6,000
Jeanette Lim... ...... ... ... ... ... ... ...... ...3,000
Additional student researchers... ... ... ...2,250
Travel...... ... ... ...... ..................... ..8,000
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We propose that fees be paid in three payments, as follows:
1) January 6... ......... ... ... .....$15,000
2) March 1... ... ... ...... ..........$10,000
3) On delivery... ... ... ... ... ... ..$17,000
All payments should be made to the Political Economy Research Institute, of the
University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Details on payment method can be arranged at a later
time.
CURRICULUM VITAE FOR PROJECT TEAM MEMBERS
SANTA MONICA LIVING WAGE STUDY PROPOSAL
Principal Investigator:
Professor Robert Pollin
Department of Economics and
Political Economy Research Institute (PERI)
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Curriculum Vitae lncluded:
1. Professor Robert Pollin
2. Professor John Elliot
3. Professor Stephanie Luce
4. Professor Michael Ash
5. Mr. Mark Brenner
6. Ms. Amy Ickowitz
7. Mr. John Peters
8. Ms. Jeanette Lim
December 1999
Robert N. Pollin - Curriculum Vitae
Date of birth: September 29, 1950
Home address: 138 E. Pleasant Street, Amherst. MA 01002 (413) 549-8796
UniversitvA ddress: Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Amherst, MA 01002
Office phone: (413) 577-0126
Office fax: (413) 545-2921
E-Mail Address: Pollin@econs.umass.edu
Education:
B.A., 1972 (History), University of Wisconsin, Madison. Wisconsin
M.A., 1979 (Economics), New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Ph.D., 1982 (Economics), New School for Social Research
Emplovment:
1973-75: Cultural Writer and Book Reviewer, Washington Star Newspaper, Washington, D.C.
1975-80: Economic Researcher and Writer, Tanzer Economic Associates, New York, NY
1982.-88: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside
1988-94: Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside
1994-98: Professor, Department of Economics, University of California, Riverside
1998-: Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst.
Other Economics Department Activities:
1987-92: Director of Departmental Exchange Program with Metropolitan University-Azcapotzalco, Mexico City
1989-94: Graduate Advisor
Other Professional Activities:
1985-93: National Steering Committee, Union for Radical Political Economics
1986-present: Editorial Associate, Dollars and Sense magazine
1987-89: Consultant, Joint Economic Committee. U.S. Congress
Robert PoWn
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1990: Consultant to United Nations Development Program, Project on Bolivia
1992: Economic Spokesperson, Presidential Campaign of Gov. Jerry Brown
1992-93: Member of Capital Fonnation Subcouncil of Competitiveness Policy Council, U.S. government
1992-present: Editorial Advisory Board, International Review of Applied Economics
1993: External Consultant, Graduate Program in Political Economy, Department of Economics, American
University
1993-present: Research Associate, Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.
1997-99: Member of Review of Radical Political Economics editorial collective for special issues in honor of
David M. Gordon.
Honors and Awards
Honors Recipient, University of Wisconsin (1972); Honors Recipient for Doctoral Exams. New School for Social
Research (1979); Distinguished Teaching Award, Humanities and Social Sciences (1982-83); Recipient, University
of California Regents' Fellowship (1985-86).
COURSES TAUGHT
UNDERGRADUATE
Introduction to Economics (History of Thought and Economic Issues)
Money, Credit an~'Banking
Money, Credit and Economic Policy
Introduction to Econometrics
Applied Econometrics
International Economics
International Finance
Intermediate Macroeconomics
The Contemporary U.S. Economy
GRADUATE
Macroeconomic Theory (mainstream and alternative perspectives)
Money, Credit and the Macroeconomy (two quarter sequence)
Applied Econometrics
13 Completed Doctoral Dissertations Supervised
Doctoral Committee Member on 12 Completed Dissertations
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PUBLICATIONS
L PUBLISHED
A. BOOKS
1. The Living Wage: Building A Fair Economy. (with Stephanie Luce), The New Press, 1998.
B. EDITED BOOKS
1. Transforming the U.S. Financial System: Equity and Efficiencv for the 21st Century (with G. Dymski
and G. Epstein), Under sponsorship of the Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., M.E. Sharpe Publisher,
1993.
2. New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hvman Minskv
(with G. Dymski), Uniyersity of Michigan Press, 1994.
3. The Macroeconomics of Saving, Finance. and Investment, University of Michigan Press. 1997.
4. Globalization and Progressive Economic Policv, (with D. Baker and G. Epstein), Cambridge
Umversity Press, 1998.
C. MONOGRAPHS
Deeper in Debt: The Changing Financial Conditions of U.S. Households, Economic Policy Institute,
Washington, D.C., 1990, 78 pages.
D. SCHOLARLY ARTICLES
1. "Stability and Instability 10 the Debt-Income Relationship," American Economic Review, May,
1985, pp. 344-350
2. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency: The U.S. Post-war Experience,"
Review of Radical Political Economics, Spring & Summer 1986, pp. 205-235.
3. "Corporate Interest Payments and the Falling Rate of Profit in the U. S. Postwar Economy," Economic
Forum, Winter, 1986-87, pp. 129-145.
4. "The Growth ofU. S. Household Debt: Demand-Side Influences," Journal of Macroeconomics, Spring
1988, pp. 231-248.
5. "Debt Crisis, Accumulation Crisis and Economic Restructuring in Latin America," (with D. Alarcon),
International Review of Applied Economics, pp.127-154. Vol 2, No.2, 1988.
6. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity: Some Empirical Evidence," Journal ofPost-Kevnesian
Economics, Spring 1991, pp.336-396.
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7. "Growing U.S. Budget Deficits and Declining Economic Perfonnance: What is the Connection,"
Review of Radical Political Economics, Fall 1989, pp. 51-57.
8. "The Illusion of an Improved CPI," (with M. Stone and J. Hammaker) Challenge, January- February
1991, pp.53-57.
9. "Destabilizing Finance Worsened the Recession," Challenge, March-April 1992, pp. 17-24.
10). "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," New Left Review. 214,
NovemberlDecember 1995,26-61.
lOa). "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," International Papers in Political Economv
December 1995, (somewhat shorter and more technical version of New Left Review article cited above).
11. "'Socialization of Investment' and 'Euthanasia of the Rentier': The Relevance of Keynesian Economic
Policy Today," International Review of Applied Economics. January 1996.
12. "The Vietnam War and the Political Economy of Full Employment," (with Dean Baker and Elizabeth
Zahrt), Challenge, May-June, 1996, pp. 35-45.
13. "Contemporary Economic Stagnation in World Historical Perspective," (review article of G. Arrighi.
The Long Twentieth Century) New Left Review, September/October 1996, 109-118.
14. "The Relevance of Hyman Minsky," Challenge, March-April 1997, 75-94.
15. "Theory and Policy in Response to 'Leaden Age' Financial Instability: Comment on David Felix,"
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Winter 1997/98, 223-34.
16. The 'Reserve Army of Unemployed' and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment''': Can Marx, Kalecki,
Friedman. and Wall Street All Be Wrong?" Review of Radical Political Economics, Summer 1998, 1-13.
17. "Asset Exchanges, Financial Market Trading, and the Ml Income Velocity Puzzle," (with Marc
Schaberg), Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, 135-62.
18. "Can U.S. Cities Afford Living Wage Programs? An Examination of Alternatives," (with Stephanie
Luce), Review of Radical Political Economics, Winter 1999, 16-53.
19. "Robert Heilbroner: Worldly Philosopher," Challenge, May-June 1999,34-52.
20. "Class Conflict and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment," Challenge, November-December 1999, 103-
Ill.
E. BOOK CHAPTERS
1. "Basic Mineral Economics." in Michael Tanzer, The Race for Resources (Monthly Review Press.
1980), pp. 41-55.
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2. "Structural Change and Increasing Fragility in the U. S. Financial System," in Robert Cherry et. al.,
00., The Imoeriled Economy: Macroeconomic Perspectives From the Left, New York: Union for Radical Political
Economics, 1987, pp.145-158.
3. "Debt Dependency Growth and Financial Innovation: Instability in the U.S. and Latin America," in
Arthur MacEwan and William Tabb, eds., Instability and Chanl!.e in the World Economy, 1989, New York:
Monthly Review Press. pp.121-146.
4. "Hyman Minsky as Hedgehog: The Power of the Wall Street Paradigm," (with G. Dyrnski), in Steven
Fazzari and Dimitri Papadimitriou, eds., Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance: Essays in Honor
ofHvman P. Minskv, 1992, M.E. Sharpe, pp. 27-62.
5. "Budget Deficits and the U.S. Economy: Considerations in an Heilbronerian Mode," in Ronald
Blackwell, Jaspal Chatha, and Edward Nell, eds., Economics as Wordlv Philosophv: Essays in Political and
Historical Economics in Honor of Robert Heilbroner, New York: S1. Martins Press, 1993, pp. 107-144.
6. "Introduction" (with G. Dymski and G. Epstein) in G. Dymski and G. Epstein, and R. Pollin eds.,
Transforminl!. the U.S. Financial System: Eouity and Efficnencv for the 21st Century, M.E. Sharpe, pps. 3-20.
7. "Public Credit Allocation through the Federal Reserve: Why it's Necessary; How it Should Be Done,"
in R. Pollin, G. Dyrnski and G. Epstein, eds., Transforming the U.S. Financial System: Equity and Efficiencv for
the 21st Century, M.E. Sharpe Publishers, pp. 321-354.
8. "Introduction" (with G. Dymski) in Dymski and Pollin, eds., New Perspectives in Monetary
Macroeconomics: Explorations in the Tradition of Hyman P. Minsky, Univesity of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 1-20.
9. "Savings, Finance, and Interest Rates: An Empirical Consideration of Some Basic Keynesian
Propositions," (with C. Justice) in G. Dymski and R. PoIlin, eds. New Perspectives in Monetarv Macroeconomics:
Exolorations in the Tradition of Hvrnan P. Minsky, University of Michigan Press, 1994,pp. 279-311.
10. "The Costs and Benefits of Financial Instability: Big Government Capitalism and the Minsky
Paradox. " (with G. Dymski) in G. Dymski and R. PoIlin, eds., New Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics:
Exolorations in the Tradition of Hvman P. Minsky, University of Michigan Press, 1994, pp. 369-402.
II. "Marxian and Post Keynesian Developments in the Sphere of Money, Credit and Finance: Building
Alternative Perspectives in Monetary Macroeconomics," in Mark Glick ed., Competition, Technology, and Money:
Classical and Post Keynesian Persoectives Edward Elgar Publisher, 1994, pp. 97-117.
12. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," in 1. Michie and 1.
Grieve Smith, Restoring Full Emolovment: Rebuilding Industrial Caoacity, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press,
pp. 254-88.
13. "Money Supply Endogeneity: What are the Questions and Why do they Matter?" in Edward Nell and
Ghislian Deleplace, eds., Money in Motion: The Circulation and Post-Keynesian Aoproaches, London:
Macmillan, 1996,490-515.
14. "Robert Heilbroner," (with Jerry Evensky), in Warren 1. Samuels, ed., American Economists of the
Late Twentieth Century, Brookfield, VI: Edward Elgar, 1996,87-110.
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15. "Expansionary Policy for Full Employment in the United States: Retrospective on the 1960s and
Current Peri~ Prospects," (with Elizabeth Zahrt) in Jonathan Michie and John Grieve Smith eds., Employment
and Economic Perfonnance: Jobs. Inflation and Growth, Oxford University Press, 1997, 36-75.
16. "Financial Intermediation and the Variability of the Saving Constraint," in R. Pollin, editor, The
Macroeconomics of Saving. Finance. and Investment, U. of Michigan Press, 1997,309-365.
17. "Introduction'~ to R. Pollin, editor, The Macroeconomics of Saving. Finance. and Investment, U. of
Michigan Press, 1997, 1-33.
18. "Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? A
Consideration of Alternatives," in Globalization and Progressive Economic Policv. with D. Baker and G. Epstein,
Cambridge University Press, 1998,433-60.
19 "Introduction" to Globalization and Progressive Economic Policv. with D. Baker and G. Epstein,
Cambridge University Press, 1998, 1-34.
F. SEMI-POPULAR ARTICLES
1. "Multinational Mineral Industry in Crisis," Monthlv Review, April. 1980; pp. 25-38.
2. "A Theory of Financial Instability," Monthly Review, December, 1983, pp. 44-51.
3. "Bretton Woods: The Rise and Fall of an International Monetary System," Dollars & Sense,
December, 1984; pp. 16-18
3a. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro (Somerville, Massachusetts, 1990), pp.
78-81.
4. "The Hidden Debt Crisis: U.S. Households Borrow More to Make Ends Meet," Dollars and Sense,
October, 1986, pp. 20-22.
4a. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro 1989, pp. 33-35.
5. "Latin American Debt: The Choices Ahead," (with E. Zepeda), Montllly Review, February; 1987, pp.
1-16.
5a. Reprinted in Kofi Buenor Hadjor, ed., Essays in Honor of Olaf Pal me: New Perspectives in North-
South Dialogue, London: Third World Press, 1988, pp. 102-114.
6. "Should Congress Control the Fed?", Economic Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro, pp. 36, 40 & 41.
7. "The Abyss of Third World Debt," Monthly Review, March 1989, pp.54-60; review article.
8. "Borrowing More, Buying Less: Household Debt Hits Record High," Dollars and Sense, May 1990,
pp.9-11.
8a. Reprinted in Economics Affairs Bureau, Real World Macro, 1991 edition, pp.25-28.
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9. "The Rise in Personal Debt: Why Does it Matter?", Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy,
Vol. 7, No.2, Summer 1992, pp. 48-52.
10. "Transforming the Fed: A Path to Financial Stability and Democratic Socialism," Dollars and Sense,
November 1992, pp. 6-9.
11. "Is Big Government Really the Problem?" Dollars and Sense, March/April 1995, pp. 12-13, 40-42.
12. "The 'Natural Rate of Unemployment': Its All About Class Conflict," Dollars and Sense,
September/October 1998, pp. 12-15.
G. POPULAR ARTICLES
1. "Hardheads and Bishops: How to Talk About Economic Strategy," (with A. Cockburn), Thc Nation,
February 28, 1987, pp. 245-7.
2. "The Crash of 1987: Who's Been on a Binge?", A~ainst the Current, May/June 1988, pp.40-41.
3. "The Keynes Mutiny," The Nation, September 25, 1989, pp..321-24.
4. "Capitalism and its Specters: The World, The Free Market and The Left," (with A. Cockburn), The
Nation, February 25, 1991, pp.224-236.
4a. Reprinted in Social Scientist, Delhi, India, July 1991, pp. 18-39.
4b. Reprinted in Takin~ Sides: Clashin~ Views on Controversial Social Issues, Kurt Finsterbusch and
George McKenna, eds., The Dishkin Publishing Group, Inc., 1992, pps. 268-276.
5. "Dismantling Defense: Use Conversion to Create Jobs," The Nation, July 12, 1993, pp. 66-68.
6. "Main Street vs. Wall Street: Taxing the Big Casino," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg), The
Nation, May 9, 1994, pp. 622-24.
7. "Economics with a Human Face," The Nation, September 30, 1996, pp. 21-23.
8. "Living Wage, Live Action," The Nation, November 23, 1998, pp. 15-20.
H. BOOK REVIEWS
1. Review of William Hixon, A Matter ofInterest: Reexaminin~ Money, Debt, and Real Economic
GroMb, for Monthlv Review, October 1993.
2. Review of Bruce Roberts and Susan Feiner, cds., Radical Economics, for Journal of Economic
Literature, December 1993, pp. 1967-68.
3. Review of David Coates, The Ouest ion of U.K. Decline, for International Review of Applied
Economics, Volume 9, No.2, 1995 pp. 216-220.
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m SELECTED REPORTS
1. "Third World Oil Exploration Patterns in the Post Yom Kippur War Era," Tanzer Economic
Associates, 1976.
2. "The Carter Energy Program and U.S. Energy Consumption Patterns," Tanzer Economic Associates,
1977.
3. "Alternative Techniques for Measuring Price Change: The Consumer Price Index versus the GDP
Deflator," Tanzer Economic Associates, 1980.
4. "Employment Intensive Capital Formation in Bolivia," with K. Griffin, R. Thorp, and C. Geneletti.
May 1990,51 manuscript pages.
5. "Labour Power, Investment and Development: Proposals for A National Strategy to be Launched in
Omro and Potosi," with K. Griffin. August 1990, 14 manuscript pages.
6. "Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Instability," Economic Policy Institute Briefing Paper (with
Gary Dymski, Gerald Epstein, and James Galbraith), June 1992.
7. "Economic Analysis of The Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance," Project Director and Principal
Author (with other authors), October 1996, 150 manuscript pages.
8. Economic Analysis of The New Orleans Minimum Wage Proposal," (with Stephanie Luce and Mark
Brenner), July 1999, 155 pages.
IV. SELECTED OPINION PIECES
1. "Why the Left Should Support the Flat Tax," The Wall Street Journal, April 2, 1992, p.A15 (with
Alexander Cockburn).
2. "Brown Says Flat Tax Will Help Economy, Cut Lower-Income Tax Bite," Philadelphia Inauirer, April
26, 1992, p. F7.
3. "Maybe Not a Flat TaX, But a Fair Tax," Los Anl!;eles Times, May 26, 1992, p. B5.
4. "Do We Need a Flat Tax?" California Business, June 1992, p. 44.
5. "Washington Must Spend to Spur Spending," Los An~eles Times, July 15, 1992, p. B7.
6. "Its Perot vs. Our Living Standards," Los Angeles Times, October 4, 1992, p. B7.
7. "Rossonomics," The Nation, October 26, 1992, pp. 456-57.
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8. "Debt Obsessed: Clinton in the Clutches of Orthodoxy," Dollars and Sense, April 1993, p. 20.
9. "Conversion Still Offers a Peace Dividend," Los Angeles Times, June 24. 1993, p. B7.
10. "Tax Stock Trades to End Speculation," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg," Los Angeles Times.
April 28, 1994, p. B7.
11. "The Land of Bilk and Money," In These Times, January 9, 1995, p. 22.
12. "Small Raise Per Worker Goes a Long Way," Los Angeles Times, January 2, 1997, p. B7.
13. "Barely Minimum," The Nation, April 6, 1998, pp. 6-7.
14. "Living Wages Give A Boost to Demand," Los Angeles Times, April I, 1999, p. B5..
SELECTED LECTURES AND OTHER PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS
1. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," ASSA Conference, San
Francisco, December, 1983.
2. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Economics,
University of California, Berkeley, February 9, 1984.
3. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Economics,
Occidental College, April 19, 1984.
4. "International Financial Instability: The Legacy of Bretton Woods." Department of Economics.
University of Utah, May, 1984.
5. "Ethics and Economics: A Jewish Perspective," Temple Beth EI, Riverside. CA. May, 1984.
6. "Stability and Instability in the Debt-Income Relationship," ASSA Conference, Dallas, December,
1984.
7. "Capital Income Distribution and the Falling Rate of Profit," ASSA Conference, Dallas, December,
1984.
8. "Alternative Perspectives on the Rise of Corporate Debt Dependency," Department of Political Science,
UCLA, February, 1985.
9. "Corporate Finance and Economic Crisis," at plenary session of conference on "The Present State of
the World Economic Crisis, H July 30-August 2, 1985, Center for Economic Research, National Autonomous
University of Mexico.
10. Organizer and session chair of evening plenary "The Third World Debt Crisis: Progressive
Responses," ASSA Conference, New York, December 28, 1985.
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11. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity," Greater LOs Angeles Political Economy Seminar,
California State University, Los Angeles, February 21, 1987.
12. "The Economics Pastoral and its Critics: How Confused are the Bishops?," at Catholic Diocese of San
Diego convocation on the Bishops' Pastoral Letter, Economic Justice for All, November 14, 1987.
13. "Debt Dependency and Stagnation: Pathways to Instability in the U.S. and Latin America,"
Conference on Economic Globalization sponsored by City University of New York, Berkshires, Massachusetts,
May 14, 1988.
14. "Assessing Alternative Theories of Economic Crisis," UCLA, Program in Social Theory of
Comparative History, June 3, 1988.
15. "What was Behind the Stock Market Crash"?, Department of Economics, Cal State Fresno University,
March, 1988.
16. "The Growth of U.S. Household Debt," Western Economic Association meetings, Los Angeles, July
1, 1988.
17. "Is Democratizing the Federal Reserve Worth It?", URPE Summer Conference. Sandwich, MA,
August 23, 1988.
18. "The Stock Market Crash and the U.S. Macroeconomy," University of Southern California Program
in Political Economy, November 15, 1988.
19. Presented one week intensive seminar, "Alternative Contemporary Perspectives in Macroeconomics,"
Metrpolitan Autonomous University-Azcapotzalco, December 5-9, 1988, to inagurate exchange program between
Economics Departments ofUC-Riverside and UAM-Azcapotzalco.
20. "The Changing Financial Conditions of U.S. Households," ASSA meetings, New York City,
December 29, 1988.
21. "Budget Deficits and the U.S. Macroeconomy, " Department of Economics, Northeast Missouri State
University, April 6, 1989.
22. "Budget Deficits and Declining Economic Perfonnance: What is the Connection," ASSA Conference,
Atlanta, GA, December 29, 1989.
23. "Hyman Minsky ~ Hedgehog: The Power of the Wall Street Paradigm," Department of Economics,
Washington University in St. Louis, April 12, 1990.
24. "Economic Policymaking in Bolivia: Is there an Alternative to Jeffrey Sachs?," URPE Summer
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26. "The U.S. Financial System: Over the Abyss?" San Diego State University, October 26, 1990.
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27. "Two Theories of Money Supply Endogeneity," Jerome Levy Economics Institute, November 1, 1990.
28. "Economic Aspects of Middle East Crisis," California State University, San Bernardino, December 1,
1990.
29. "The Market for Corporate Control: Sickness, Symptom or CureT', ASSA Conference, December 29,
1990, Washington. D.C.
30. "Making Sense of the Budget Deficit Debate," Economic Policy Institute, January 11, 1991.
31. "Debate on the Middle East War," World Society, UC Riverside, February 12, 1991.
32. "Does the Socialist Tradition of Willy Brandt Make Economic Sense?" UC Riverside Executive
Circle Meeting, February 1991.
33. "The World, the Free Market and the Left," The Nation magazine. New York. March 22, 1991.
34. "Why the Free Market Celebration is Wrong," Lewis and Clark University, Portland, OR. Plenary
address for conference on International Development. May 6, 1991.
35. Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio, "What's Behind the Merger and Buyout Binge," June 3, 1991.
36. "Why the Free Market Celebration is Wrong." Saddleback College, November 15, 1991.
37. "Destabilizing Finance and the Recession: How to Avoid a Reprise of the 1980s" at ASSA
Conference, January 3, 1992, New Orleans.
38. "Has Latin America Recovered from the Debt Crisis?" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of
Wisconsin-Madison, April 6, 1992.
39. "Transforming the Federal Reserve into a Public Investment Bank: Why its Necessary, How it Should
be Done," Economic Policy Institute, Washington, D.C., June 1992.
40. "How Public Investment Can Improve Macroeconomic Pefonnan.ce," Economic Policy Institute,
Washington. D.C., September 22, 1992.
41. "Savings, Finance and Interest Rates," Jerome Levy Economics Institute, September 2{ 1992.
42. "Transforming the Federal Reserve into a Public Investment Bank," ASSA Convention, January 6,
1993, Anaheim, CA.
43. "The Costs and Benefits of Financial Instability: Big Government Capitalism and the Minsky
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Results," Department of Economics, University of Utah, January 9, 1993.
45. "The California Budget Crisis: Where to Go From Here?", Santa Rosa College Public Lecture, April
25, 1993.
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46. "Borrowing More but Investing Less: What Drove Corporate Takeovers in the 1980s?" Conference
on Economics, of Full Employment, Department of Economics, University of Ottowa, April 8, 1994.
47. "Economic Restructuring in Latin America: From the Debt Crisis to NAITA," Harvey Goldberg
Centerfor Contemporary Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Aprilll, 1994.
48. "The Independence of Aggregate Credit Supply from Private Saving: Evidence from the U.S.
Economy," Economic Policy Institute Conference on Macroeconomics of Finance, Saving and Investment, April
22-23, 1994.
49. "The Macroeconomics of Market Socialism: A Finance-Centric Approach," (with Ilene Grabel),
Economic Policy Institute Conference on "Finance and Globalization", Washington, D.C., June 24-25, 1994.
50. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," conference on "Demand Rehabilitation:
Finance, Trade, and Technology," sponsored by Pantheon Sorbonne Paris I and SOAS, University of London,
September 29, 1994, Paris France.
51. "The Independence of Aggregate Credit Supply from Private Saving: Evidence from the U.S.
Economy," Department of Economics, SOAS, University of London, October 4, 1994.
52. "Money Supply Endogeneity: What are the Questions and Why do they Malter?", Department of
Economics, SOAS, University of London, October 7,1994.
53. Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies, "The Origins of
NAITA", October 17-18, 1994.
54. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, University of
Vermont, November 10, 1994.
55. "The Case for A Securities Transaction Excise Tax," (with Dean Baker and Marc Schaberg), ASSA
Conference, Washington, D.C., January 7, 1995.
56. "The Roots of the Mexican Economic Crisis," Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire
Consortium for International Studies, January 12, 1994.
57. "NAIT A: Must There be Winners and Losers in U.S.-Mexico Economic Interdependence? " Speech
to Student Town Meeting On American Foreign Policy, "Focus on Latin America, sponsored by U.S. Department
of State, Inland Empire Consortium for International Studies and World Affairs Council ofInland Southern
California, Riverside Community College, January 18, 1995.
58. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," Conference on "The
Relevance of Keynesian Economic Policies Today," University of East London, May 19, 1995.
59. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, University of
Cambridge, May 23: 1995.
60. "Saving and Finance: Real and Illusory Constraints on Full Employment Policy," Conference on
"Restoring Full Employment," Department of Economics, Cambridge University, UK, May 24, 1995.
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61. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, U. of California-
Riverside, May 30, 1995.
62. "Was the Vietnam War Good or Bad for the U.S. Economy?" Conference on "The Long Shadow:
Legacy and Memory of Vietnam, 1975-95," University of Wisconsin-Madison, September 16, 1995.
63. "Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? An
Examination of Alternatives," Conference on "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy," Economic Policy
Institute, Washington, D.C., October 28, 1995.
64. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy, H Department of Economics, U. of California-
Davis, February 15, 1996.
65. "Expansionary Policy for Full Employment in the United States: Retrospective on the 1960s and
Current Period Prospects," Conference on "Full Employment Without Inflation," Robinson College, University of
Cambridge, May 15, 1996.
66. "Financial Structures and Egalitarian Economic Policy," Department of Economics, UCLA, May 22,
1996.
67. Testimony on Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance, Personnel and Budget Committees, Los Angeles
City Council, August 15, September 9, October 9, 1996 and January 7, 1997.
68. "Analysis of Los Angeles Living Wage Proposal," Department of Economics, UCR, October 4, 1996.
69. "Can Domestic Expansionary Policy Succeed in a Globally Integrated Environment? An Examination
of Alternatives," Department of Economics, UCR, October 21, 1996.
70. "The Consequences ofNAFrA," Speech to high school teachers, Inland Empire Consortium for
International Studies, November 12, 1996.
71. "Three Lectures on Financial Structure, Egalitarianism and Macroeconomic Policy," Metropolitan
Autonomous University, Mexico City, December 9-11, 1996.
72. "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy," Program in Social Theory of Comparative History,
UCLA, February 10, 1997.
73. "The Economics of Living Wage Proposals: A Solution to Low-Wage Poverty?" Department of
Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, March 25, 1997.
74. "Expansionary Policy For Full Employment in the United States," Department of Economics,
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76. Keynote speaker for conference on "An Anti-Poverty Agenda: National and International Strategies
and Tar~et!i: for S;ncio-Economic Oevelonment" Califomnia Slate Universitv-Lon~ Be:lch Annl 16 1997-
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77. "The 'Reserve Anny of Labor' and the 'Natural Rate ofUnemployrnent': Can Marx, Kalecki,
Friedman and Wall Street All Be Wrong?" David M. Gordon Memorial Lecture at Summer Conference of Union
for Radical Political Economics, DanbUl)', Connecticut, August 25, 1997.
78. "Globalization and Full Employment Policy," Department of Economics, Southern Oregon
University, March 10, 1998.
79. "Globalization: What Does It Mean?" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of Wisconsin Madiso~,
March 23, 1998.
80. "Globalization: Alternatives to Neo-Liberalism" Harvey Goldberg Center, University of Wisconsin
Madison, April 27, 1998.
81. "The 'Reserve Anny of Labor' and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment': Can Marx, Kalecki,
Friedman and Wall Street All Be Wrong?", Department of Economics, University of California-Riverside, June I,
1998.
82. "The Economic and Political Promise of the Living Wage Movement," Keynote Speaker, First Annual
Labor and Social Action Summer School, sponsored by the North Bay Central Labor Council, Sonoma State
University, June 14, 1998.
83. "The Economics of Living Wage Programs," URPE Summer Conference, Danbury, Connecticut,
August 23, 1998.
84. "Asset Exchanges, Financial Market Trading, and the M 1 Income Velocity Puzzle," Department of
Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 19, 1998.
84.. "The EconQmics of Living Wage Programs," University of Massachusetts at Lowell. October 30,
1998.
85. "Robert Heilbroner: Worldly Philosopher," Conference in Honor of Prof. Robert Heilbroner,
November 12, 1998, Department of Economics, Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research.
86. "Can U.S. Cities Afford Living Wage Programs?" Eastern Economic Association Convention,
Boston, MA., March 12, 1999.
87. "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy," Department of Political Science, Yale University,
Conference on Globalzation and Ethics, April 17, 1999.
88. "A Securities Transaction Tax for U.S. Financial Markets," Jerome Levy Institute Conference,
"Structure, Instability and the World Economy: Reflections on the Economics of Hyman P. Minsky," April 21-23,
1999.
89. "Can U.S. Cities Raise Minimum Wages Above the National Level? Evidence from New Orleans,"
Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Technology, and Institutions, Jerome Levy Economics Institute of Bard College,
June 10, 1999.
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90. "Reflections on the Economics of Hyman P. Minsky," Invited Lecture, International Conference in
Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September 8, 1999.
91. "Are Egalitarian Macroeconomic Policies Viable in A Global Economy?" Invited Lecture in Political
Economy, International Conference in Economics, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, September
9, 1999.
92. "A Securities Transaction Tax for the United States Economy," Department of Economics. University
of Massachusetts-Amherst, October 12, 1999.
93. "Class Conflict and the 'Natural Rate of Unemployment"', Seminar on Full Employment, Columbia
University, New York, NY, November 8, 1999.
94. "The Prospects and Problems with Living Wage Ordinances," New York University Law School, New
York, NY, December 8, 1999.
95. "A Securities Transaction Tax and the Viability of Egalitarian Macroeconomic Policies." Center for
Economic and Policy Analysis. New School for Social Research. NY, December 8. 1999.
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CURRICULUM VITAE
John E. EUiott
Present Position:
Professor of Economics
Director, Political Economy and Public Policy
University of Southern California
Business Address:
Department of Economics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0253
EDUCATION
Harvard University
Harvard University
Occidental College
Ph.D. Economics 1956
M.A. Political Science 1956
B.A. Economics 1952
DOCTORAL DISSERTATION
Toward a More Generalized Theory of Economic Planning in a Free Society, 1956.
HONORS
Thomas Divine Award for Distinguished Lifetime Contributions to Social Economics
(Association for Social Economics), 1992
University Medalion for Past Faculty Senate Presidents, 1991
Omicron Delta Epsilon Award for teaching excellent, 1989
Mortar Board Award Outstanding Teaching, 1989
Faculty Senate Medalion for Outstanding Faculty Service, 1988
University Award for Teaching Creativity and Innovation, 1987
University Associates Award for Teaching Excellence, 1980-81
Social Sciences Award for Distinguished Teaching, 1980-81
Presidents' Circle Award for Distinguished Teaching, Research, and University Service, 1980
Jane and Justin Dart Award for Innovative Teaching, 1970-71
Director, National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Seminar: Summers 1995, 1993, 1988,
1986, 1984, 1982, 1980.
National Endowment for the Humanities Grant to develop a Social Science-Humanities Semester,
1969-71
President, Faculty Senate, 1980-81
President, University Senate, 1966-67
President, Association for Social Economics, 1989
Phi Beta Kappa, 1952
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Professor of Economics, University of Southern California, 1966-present
Associate Professor of Economics, University. of Southem California, 1961-66
Assistant Professor of Economics, University of South em California, 1959-61
Instructor of Economics, University of Southern California, 1956-59
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University, 1954-56
Visiting Professor or Lecturer: University of California at Los Angeles, University of California at Irvine,
Occidental College, California State University at Los Angeles, California State University at Fullerton, Pitzer
College, various semesters 1957-80
REVIEWER AND EDITORIAL BOARDS
Contemporary Policy Issues
International Review of Economics and Ethics (Associate Editor, 1987-90)
Review of Social Economy (Associate Editor, 1990- )
Journal of Post Keynesian Economics
History of Political Economy (Editorial Board, 1986-89)
Journal of Economic Issues
Economic Development and Cultural Change
Social Science Quarterly
Economic Inquiry
Comparative Economic Studies (Editorial Board, 1987-90)
PUBLICA nONS
Books and Monographs
Economic Issues and Policies (with Arthur L. Grey. Jr.) (Boston: Houghton Mifilin, 1961).
Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory (Corta Madera: McGraw-Hill, 1965).
Economic Issues and Policies, 2nd ed. (Boston: Houghton Miftlin, 1965).
Comparative Economic Systems (Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1973).
Economics: A Student Resource Book (Santa Monica: Goodyear, 1973).
Competing Philosophies in American Political Economics (Santa Monica, Goodyear, 1975).
Economic Issues and Policies, 3rd rev. ed. (Boston: Houghton Mift1in, 1975).
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Economics: A Student Guide and Resource Book, 2nd rev. ed. (Santa Monica: Goodyear, 1975).
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Technology, Productivity, and Public Policy (with Nake Kamrany) (Boston: Center for Policy
Alternatives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975).
10. Economics: A Student Guide and Resource Book, 3rd rev. eel. with James Phillips (Santa Monica:
Goodyear, 1978).
11. Marx and Engels on Economics, Politics, and Society: Essential Readings with Editorial
Commentary (Glenview, TIl.: Scott, Foresman, 1981).
12. Comparative Economics Systems (Belmont: Wadsworth, 1985).
13. The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism (with Abu Dowlah) (Westpost, CN: Greenwood, 1997):
Chap. 1
Chap. 2.
Chap. 3.
Chap. 4.
Chap. 5
Chap. 6
Chap. 7.
Chap. 8.
Chap. 9.
Chap. 10.
Introduction
War Communism: Transition.
New Economic Policy: Soviet Mixed Economy.
Stalin and Totalitarian State Economy: Origins, Institutions, and Policies.
Stalin and Totalitarian State Economy: Consequences and Contradictions
Khrushchev and Authoritarian Reform
Brezhnev and Bureaucratic Collectivism
Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialism: Origins, Institutions, and Policies
Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialism: Consequences and Contradictions
Disintegration of the Soviet Politico-Economic System
14. Contending Perspectives in Political Economy. In progress
15. Marx and Engels: Political Economy. In progress
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
1.
"Economic Planning Reconsidered," Quarterly Journal of Economics, February, 1958.
2.
"The Scope and Method of Economics, " in Perspectives in Economics (Mew York: McGraw-Hill,
1969).
3.
"Professor Robert's Marx: On Alienation and Economics Systems, II Journal of Economic Issues,
September 1975.
4.
"Mane in a Box," Journal of Economic Issues, September 1975.
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"Marx Resurrected: The Socialization and Transformation of Capitalism," Association for
Comparative Economic Studies Bulletin, Summer 1976.
6. "Karl Marx and Contemporary Models of Socialism," History of Political Economy, Summer 1976
(Lead article).
7. "Freedom, Alienation, and Economic Organization," Department of Economics Research Paper No.
7602 (Los Angeles: University of Southern California, 1976).
8. "Institutionalism as an Approach to Political Economy," Journal of Economic Issues, March 1978.
9. "Marx's Socialism in the Context of his Typology of Economic Systems," Journal of Comparative
Economics, March 1978.
1 O. "On Modelling Economy Systems; The Contribution of John Michael Montias, It prepared for Journal
of Policy Modelling, Vol. 1, No.2, 1978.
11. "The Political Economy of Adam Smith: Then and Now," National Forum, Summer 1978.
12.. "MarXs Grundrisse as Social Theory: Link Between Young Marx and. Mature Marx," Social Science
Quarterly, September 1978, pp. 239-56 (Lead article).
13.
"The North-South Dialogue," in The New Economics of the Less Developed Countries, with Nake
Kamrany (Boulder: Westview Press, 1978).
14. "Marx's Qrundrisse: Vision of Capitalism's Creative DestlUction," Journal of Post Keynesian
Economics, Vol. 1, No.2, 1978-79, pp. 148-69.
Reprinted in Marxian Economics. Vol. L Schools of Thought in Economics 9. Edited by J .E. King.
Edward Elgar: Brookfield, Vermont, 1990.
15. "Continuity and Change in the Evolution of Marx's Theory of Alien-ation: From the Manuscripts
through the Grundrisse to Capital," History of Political Economy, Fall 1979, pp. 317-62 (Lead
article).
16. "Social and Institutional Dimensions in Marx's Theory of Capitalism," Review of Social Economy,
December, 1979, pp. 261-74 (Lead article).
Reprinted in Marxian Economics. Vol. I, Schools of Thought in Economics 9. Edited by I.E. King.
Edward Elgar: Brookfield, Vermont, 1990.
17.
"Fact, Value and Economic Policy Objectives," Review of Social Economy, April 1980, pp. 1-20.
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"Marx and Engels on Communism, Scarcity, and the Division of Labor, " Economic Inquiry, April
1980, pp. 275-92.
Reprinted in Marxian Economics. Vol. I, Schools of Thought in Economics 9. Edited by J.E. King.
Edward Elgar: Brookfield, Vennont, 1990.
19. "Social and Institutional Elements in the Theory of Capitalism in Classical Political Economy,"
Journal of Economic Issues, June 1980, pp. 473-92.
20. "Marx and Schumpeter on Capitalism's Creative Destruction," Quarterly Journal of Ec.onornics,
August 1980, pp. 45-68.
21. "Mexican Migrant Workers in the United States," La Opinion, March 29, 1981 (with 1. W.
Barchfield).
22. "Socialism and its Future," (unpublished paper).
23. "Walking on the Supply Side with George Gilder," National Forum, Wmter 1981.
24.
"Neoclassical Kevnesianism and its Critics: Contendimz Persoectives in Political Economv."
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Economic Forum, Wmter 1981-82, pp. 31-53.
25.
"Joseph A Schumpeter and The Theory of Economic Development," Introduction to the Centenary
Edition ofJoseph A Schumpeter, The Theory of Economic Development, with a new introduction
by John E. Elliott (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Press, 1983).
26. t'Schumpeter and Marx on Capitalist Transformation, n Quarterly Journal of Economics, May 1983.
27. "Joseph A. Schumpeter and the Theory of Capitalism," Journal of Economic Behavior and
Organization, December 1983.
28. "Academic Freedom and Tenure: University of Northern Colorado," Academe, May-June 1984.
29. "Karl Marx's Theory ofSocio-Institutional Transformation to and in Late-Stage Capitalism," Journal
of Economic Issues, June 1984.
Reprinted in Marxian Economics. Vol. I, Schools of Thought in Economics 9. Edited by J.E. King.
Edward Elgar: Brookfield, Vermont, 1990.
30.
"Worker Ownership and Self-Government," Review of Social Economy, December 1984.
31.
"Contending Perspectives on the Nature of the Soviet Economic System," International Journal of
Social Economics, Vol. Ii, No.5, 1984.
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"The Institutional School of Political Economy." In What is Political Economy? Edited by David
Whynes (New York: Basil Blackwell, 1984).
33. "Marx's Theory of Alienation." In Marx Analyzed: Essays on the Thought of Karl Marx. Edited by
George E. Panichas (New York: University Press of America, 1985).
34. "Academic Probation and Tenure." Los Angeles: California Conference of American Association
of University Professors, 1985.
35. "Joseph A Schumpeter's Theory of Economic Development and Social Change: A Centenary
Appraisal," International Journal of Social Economics, 12: 67, 1985: 6-33.
Reprinted in Pioneers in Economics: Schumpeter. Clark. Wicksell. Edited by Mark Blaug. Edward
Elgar: Brookfield, Vermont, 1992.
36. lie. Wright Mills: A Native Radical and his American Intellectual Roots" (review essay). JOURNAL
OF ECONOMICS ISSUES, September 1985.
37. "Socialism and its Future." FORUM FOR SOCIAL ECONOMICS, April 1986.
38.
"Economic Performance and Structural Change in Egypt: a Comparative Study of the Nasser and
Sadat Regimes" (with Nadim Munla). In ESSA YS IN HONOR OF MALCOLM KERR (Beirut:
American University of Beirut Press, 1986).
39. "Modelling Technological and Institutional Change in the Writings of Karl Marx." JOURNAL OF
ECONOMIC ISSUES, June 1986.
Reprinted in Pioneers in Economics, Vol. 23: Karl Marx. Edited by Mark Blaug. Edward Elgar:
Brookfield, Vermont, 1991.
40. "On the Possibility of Marx's Moral Critique of Capitalism." REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY,
October 1986.
Reprinted in Critical Assessments of Leading Economists. Edited by John Wood. New York:
Routledge, 1995.
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Brookfield, Vermont, 1991.
41.
"Marx, Yugoslavia, and Self-Governing Socialism" (with Joanna V. Scott). ANNUAL RESEARCH
IN POLITICAL ECONOMY, 1986.
42.
"Marx's Robust Vision of the Future Society." INTERNATIONAL REVIEW OF ECONOMICS
AND EnnCS. Vol. 2, No.3, 1987. (Lead Article).
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Brookfield, Vermont, 1991.
43.
"Justice and Freedom in Marx's Moral Critique of Capitalism." ANNUAL RESEARCH IN
mSrORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND METHODOLOGY. 1987.
44.
"Karl Marx: Founding Father of Workers' Self-Governance?" ECONOMIC AND INDUSTRIAL
DEMOCRACY. August 1987.
45.
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!(PYNESLA.N ECONOMICS, Spri'lg, 1987.
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47.
"Marx Studies Since Schumpeter." In CLASSICAL POLITICAL ECONOMY. Edited by William
O. Thweatt. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1987.
48.
"Capitalism and the Democratic Economy." (with Gary Dymski). SOCIAL PIllLOSOPHY AND
POLICY, 6 (2) August 1988, 259-282; special issue on Capitalism. Abstracted in International
Political Science Abstracts and in The Philosopher's Index.
49.
"Gorbachevs Perestroika." CONTEMPORARY POLICY ISSUES. 7: 1, January 1989, 35-52.
50. "Capitalism and the Democratic Economy" (with Gary Dymski). In Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D.
Miller Jr., Jeffrey Paul, and John Ahrens, editors, CAPITALISM (Basil Blackwell: Oxford, 1989),
140-64. Abstracted in TIIE BffiLIOGRAPHY OF PHILOSOPHY.
51. "Richard H. Tawney on the Democratic Economy" (with Bany S. Clark). INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, 1989.
52. "A Typology of Exploitation" (with Gary Dymski). REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY, Winter
1989, XLVII: 4,338-76.
53. "The Three Faces of John Locke." In Warren Samuels, editor. TIlE ECONOMIC ROLE OF
GOVERNMENT (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989).
54. "Alternative Perspectives on Exploitation" (with Gary Dymski). REVIEW OF RADICAL
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"Roemer vs. Marx: Should Anyone Be Interested in Exploitation?'. (with Gary Dymski).
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF PHILOSOPHY. Supplementary Volume 15 (1989).
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"Roemer vs. Marx: Should Anyone be Interested in Exploitation?" (with Gary Dyrnski). In Robert
Ware and Kai Nielsen, editors. ANALYZING MARXISM: NEW ESSAYS ON ANAL YTICAL
MARXISM (Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 1989),333-74.
57. "Karl Marx: on the French Revolution." In Warren Samuels, editor. RESEARCH IN THE
mSTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND tvfETHODOLOGY, 1990, Vol. 8,213-42.
58. "Alfred Marshall on Socialism," REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY, Winter 1990, XL VIII: 4, 450-
76.
59. "Gorbachev's Critique and Vision of Soviet Socialism" (with Abu Dowlah). THE INTER-
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, 1991, 18: 5/6/7,175-206.
60. "The Intellectual Precursors of Perestroika" (with Abu Dowlah). THE INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, 1991, 18: 5/6/7, 139-74.
61. "John Maynard Keynes on the Inefficacy of Wage Cutting as Anti-Depressionary Stategy." In
Warren Samuels, editor. RESEARCH IN THE mSTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND
METHODOLOGY, 1992, Vol. 9, 129-69.
62. "Oppression, Exploitation, and Injustice in the Old Testament: The View from Liberation Theology."
THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, 1992, 19: 10/11112, 15-52.
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"The Future of Socialism in the Post-Soviet Era." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL
ECONOMICS, 1992, 19: 7/8/9, 25-36.
"Dilemmas of Transition in the Post-Soviet Era." JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ISSUES XXVII, 2.
June 1993, 527-36.
65.
"Challenges of Social Economics in the Twenty-First Century." REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY,
Winter 1993, LI: 4.
66.
"Keynes' Two Perspectives in the 'General Theory'." RECENT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE
mSTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT. Edited by Karen Vaughn. Brookfield: Edward Elgar,
1994.
67.
"John Maynard Keynes' Vision and Conceptualized Reality: What Endures?" In THE STATE OF
INTERPRETATION OF KEYNES. Edited by John B. Davis. Boston: von Kluwer, 1994, pp. 205-
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"Joseph A Schumpeter and the Theory of Democracy" REVIEW OF SOCIAL ECONOMY, Winter
1994, LIT: 4.
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"Disintegration of the Soviet Politico-Economic System." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
SOCIAL ECONOMICS, Vol. 21, 1994.
70. "Why A Chapter on Karl Marx?" mSTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY. Vol. 27, 1995: 1.
71. "Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialism: Origins, Institutions, and Policies." INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS. Vol. 22, 1995 (with Abu F. Dowlah).
72. "Gorbachev and Democratizing Socialism: Consequences and Contradictions." INTERNATIONAL
JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS. Vol. 22, 1995 (with Abu F. Dowlah).
73. "Exploitation and Inequality." In William Dugger, editor. INEQUALITY. Greenwood: Westport,
Ct.: 1996.
74. "Nationalist Versus Cosmopolitan Political Economics." (with Guido Preparata). INTER-
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS. Vol. 23, 1996: 12.
75. "The Philosophical Foundations of Social Economics." In Edward O'Boyal, editor, ESSAYS IN
SOCIAL ECONOMICS. Routledge: London and New York: Routledge, 1996.
76. "The Sequencing of Post-Communist Transition." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL
ECONOMICS. Vol. 23, 1996: 11.
77. "American Economists of the Late Twentieth Century: Robert A Solo." In Warren A Samuels, ed.
AMERICAN ECONOMISTS OF THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. Brookfield: Edward
Elgar, 1998.
78.
"Contending Perspectives on Post-Communist Transition: Strategies for Economic Transformation."
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMIC. Vol. 24, 1997.
79.
"When Disillusion Falls: Keynes' Theory of Unemployment in the Context of Cyclical Fluctuations."
In Warren A Samuels, editor. RESEARCH IN THE mSTORY OF ECONOMIC 1HOUGHT AND
ME1HODOLOGY. JAI Press: Westport, Ct., 1997.
80.
"John Maynard Keynes on Socioeconomic Classes in Twentieth Century Capitalism" (with Hans E.
Jensen). In PROCEEDINGS OF THE mSTORY OF ECONOMICS SOCIETY, 1998.
81.
"The Role of Institutional Change in Post-Conununist Transition," INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL
OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS, Vol. 24, 7/8/9,1997.
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"Can Neoclassical Economics Become Social Economics?" (with Hans Jensen). FORUM FOR
SOCIAL ECONOMICS (1997).
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"The Methodology of Political Economy" (with Thomas Hall). INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF
SOCIAL ECONOMICS. Vol. 25,1998 (forthcoming).
84. "John Maynard Keynes as ArchiteCt of the Post-War Peace." In Murray Wolfson, ed. THE
POLmCAL ECONOMY OF WAR AND PEACE. Amsterdam: Kluwer, 1978 (forthcoming).
85. "Boris Yeltsin and Russia's Rocky Road to Capitalism: The Early Years" (with Thomas Hall).
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ECONOMICS." Vol. 25, 1998 (forthcoming).
86. "John Stuart Mill's Theory of Social-Economic Justice" (with Barry Clark). REVIEW OF SOCIAL
ECONOMY. 1999 (forthcoming).
87. "Teaching Social Economics through the History of Economic Thought." In Edward O'Boyle, ed.
TEAClllNG SOCIAL ECONOMICS. 1999 (forthcoming).
88. "Bank Lending, Interest, and Monopoly: Pre-Keynesian Heterodox Theories of Macro-Monetary
Dynamics" (with Guido Preparata). RESEARCH IN mSTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND
METHODOLOGY. 1998 (under submission - re submission).
89. "Adam Smith's Conceptualizations of Power, Markets, and Politics." REVIEW OF SOCIAL
ECONOMY. 1998 (under submission - re submission).
90.
"Whatever Happened to the Emperor's New Clothes? Equilibrium in Classical and Neoclassical
Economics" (with John Peters). JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC ISSUES. 1998 (completed- to be
submitted).
91. "50,000 Days After the Big Bang: Russia and Poland in the First Decade of Shock Therapy" (with
Thomas Hall). JOURNAL OF ECONOMlC ISSUES. 1999 (completed- to be submitted).
92. "Lapides' Analysis ofMarx.'s Wage Theory in Historical Perspective." RESEARCH IN HISTORY
OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT AND METHODOLOGY. 1999 (in progress- to be submitted).
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1993.
34. "A History of Marxian Economics, Vol. IT: 1929-1990." By M.C. Howard and J.E. King.
Princeton: Princeton University Press. mSTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, Vol. 25, No.2,
Fall 1993. .
35. "SocialismRevisedandModernized." By James A Yunker. New York: Praeger, 1992. REVIEW
OF SOCIAL ECONOMY, Vol. LI, No.2, Summer 1993: 241-44.
36. "Ricardian Politics." By Murray Milgate and Shannon C. Stimson. Princeton: Princeton University
Press, 1991. mSTORY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY, 26: 3, Fall 1994.
37. "Theories of Political Economy. 11 By James Caparaso and Andrew Levine. Princeton: Princeton
University Press, 1993. mSTORY OF POLmCAL ECONOMY, 26: 3, Fall 1994.
38. "Post-Soviet-TypeEconomiesin Transition. 11 By Jan Wmiecki. AveburyPrss, 1993. SOUTHERN
ECONOMIC JOURNAL, August 1994.
39.
David Kotz with Fred Weir. Revolution from Above: The Demise of the Soviet System. London
and New York: Routledge, 1997. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE ECONOMICS: 1999
(forthcoming) .
40.
Richard B. Day. Cold War Capitalism: The View from Moscow. 1945-1975. London and New York:
M.E. Sharpe, 1995. SLAVIC STUDIES. 1999 (forthcoming).
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STEPHANIE LUCE
Assistant Professor, Labor Center and
Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
125 Draper Hall
Amherst, MA 01003
(413) 545-5907 (telephone)
(413) 545-0110 (fax)
email: sluce@econs.umass.edu
EDUCA nON
Ph.D. Sociology
University of Wisconsin at Madison, August 1999.
Dissertation: "The role of secondary associations in implementing
and monitoring local policy: An assessment of Living Wage
ordinances. "
M.S. Industrial Relations University of Wisconsin at Madison, January 1991.
Thesis: "From Union to Non-Union Apprenticeship? Skills,
Training and Industrial Relations in the Printing Industry,
1960-1990"
B.A. Economics,
With High Honors.
University of California at Davis, June 1988.
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Research Areas
. Low-wage labor markets
. Policy implementation
. Social movements
Teaching Areas
. Labor History
. Organizing
. Research Methods
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
. Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Labor Center
(September 1999 to present).
.
Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts,
Amherst (October 1998 to present).
.
Visiting Scholar, University of California, Riverside, Department of Economics
(1996 - 1998).
.
Member, Advisory Committee, Los Angeles Subsidy Accountability Project (1997).
.
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Sociology Department (1995 - 1996).
.
Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Sociology Departrnent
(1994).
.
Research Assistant, Center on Wisconsin Strategy, University of Wisconsin,
Madison (1990 - 1994).
.
Consultant, Aguirre International, San Mateo, California (1991).
.
Economist, Commission on Agricultural Workers, Washington, D.C. (1990).
.
Economist, Office of Policy, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
(1988- 1990).
.
Research Assistant, University of California at Davis, Agricultural Economics
Department (1986 - 1988).
e
Teaching Assistant, University of California at Davis, Economics and Agricultural
Economics Departments (1987 - 1988).
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
"Building Community Coalitions and Political Power: The Role of Central Labor Councils in the
Living Wage Movement," in Organizingfor Justice in Our Communities: Central Labor
Councils and the Revival of American Unionism, Immanuel Ness and Stuart Eimer, editors. New
York: ME Sharpe. Forthcoming in 2000.
"The Working Conditions of Health Care Workers Employed by Correctional Medical Services,
Inc. in Massachusetts' Correctional Facilities," with Diane Matta. Labor Center Report. October
1999.
"Economic Analysis of the New Orleans Minimum Wage Proposal," with Robert Pollin and Mark
Brenner. Political Economy Research Institute Paper, July 1999.
"Living Wage Campaigns: Analyzing their Strengths and Weaknesses,': two-part article, Against
the Current, September/October 1998, and November/December 1998.
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The Living Wage: Building a Fair Economy, with Robert Pollin, The New Press, 1998.
"Can U.S. Cities Afford Living Wage Programs? An Examination of Alternatives," with Robert
Pollin, The Review of Radical Political Economics, 1999.31(1): 16-53.
"Business Subsidies in Los Angeles: Getting a Return on Our Investment." Report prepared for.
the Tourism Industry Development Council, December 1996.
"Economic Analysis of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance." October, 1996, with Robert
Pollin et. al. Public presentations of material:
"Building the Wisconsin New Progressive Party," Independent Political Action Bulletin,
Summer/Fall1996.
"The Ugly Agenda of the New Congress," Independent Politics May/June 1995 (with Harry
Brighouse).
"Building a New Student Movement," Independent Politics September/October 1995 (with Curtis
Cooper).
"The New Party," Wisconsin Law Review, Volume 1993, Number 1 (with Stuart Eimer).
"Skill Needs and Training Strategies in the Wisconsin Printing Industry," Center on Wisconsin
Strategy Working Paper, March 1992 (with Center staff).
"National Overview of Farm Labor Contractors," paper presented at the Working Group on Farm
Labor and Rural Poverty, Farm Labor Contractor Meeting, January 27, 1989, at the University of
California, Davis.
"IRCA's [Immigration Reform and Control Act] Effects on Large Farms," California Agriculture,
May-June 1988, Volume 42, Nurnber 3, pp. 26-28 (with Philip Martin).
"Researchers Present Mid-term Report on Special Agricultural Worker Program," Ag Alert, April
20, 1988, pp. 8-9 (with Philip Martin and Nancy Newsom).
"The Wages and Fringe Benefits of Unionized California Farmworkers," Giannini Foundation
Information Series no. 88-4, 1988 (with Philip Martin and Daniel Egan).
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
The Living Wage Movement
. Keynote address, Metro Justice Annual Dinner, Rochester, NY. October 1999.
. Presentation to Workers Defense League Annual Board Meeting, New York City.
October 1999.
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. Radio Interview, WXXI, Rochester, NY1 October 1999.
. Keynote address, Vermont Statewide Living Wage Conference, South Royalton, VT.
October 1999.
. Center for Popular Economics Summer Institutes, Amherst, MA. July 1999.
. David Dinkins Leadership Conference, Columbia University, New York. April 1999.
. Labor Notes conference, Detroit, MI. April 1999.
. Scholars, Artists and Writers for Social Justice conference, New Haven, CT. April
1999.
. Philadelphia City Council meeting, November 1998.
. Northampton, MA City Council meeting, November 1998.
. University of Wisconsin, Madison, March 1998.
. Portland City Council/County Board, February 1998.
. University of California, Riverside, Economics Department, October 1996.
. Los Angeles City Council, October 1996.
Business Subsidies
. Los Angeles City Council Hearing, January 1997
. Los Angeles City Council Hearing, February 1997
Political Parties
. National Independent Politics Summit, Atlanta, GA, April 1996
. University of California, Berkeley, January 1996
. Wesleyan University, December 1995
. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, December 1995
. Harvard University, December 1995
. Progressive Alliance of Alameda County, Oakland, CA, December 1995
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
. Editorial Board member, Against the Current
. National Steering Committee member, Independent Progressive Politics Network
. Staff economist, Center for Popular Economics
HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinction on Political Sociology Preliminary Examination, 1993
Special Achievement Award, U.S. Department of Labor, 1990
Secretary's Excellent Achievement Group Award, U.S. Department of Labor, 1990
Certificate of Outstanding Achievement, Economics Department, U.c. Davis, 1988
Phi Beta Kappa, 1988
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MICHAEL ASH, Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Department of Economics Center for Public Policy
Thompson Hall . and Administration
University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003 Amherst, MA 01003
tel: 413/545-6329 e-mail: masMlecons. umass . edu
fax: 413/545-2921 http: / /www-unix. oi t. umass . edu;-maash
Education
1999
1991
1987
PhD in Economics, University of California-Berkeley
Dissertation: The Changing Structure of U.S. Labor Markets
Principal Advisor: Professor George Akerlof
Other committee members: Professor David Card and Professor Paul
Gertler.
Concentrations: Labor and Advanced Theory.
Other fields: Econometrics; Public Sector; and Health.
A.B. in Economics, cum laude, Princeton University
Lincoln Park High School, Chicago, Illinois, International Baccalaureate
Diploma
Professional Experience
1999-present Assistant Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Department of Economics, University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Center for Public Policy and Administration, University of Massachusetts-
Amherst.
Teaching: Graduate Applied Econometrics; Economics and Public Policy
Service: Chair, Computer Committee, Department of Economics; Cur-
riculum Committee, Center for Public Policy and Administration.
1999-present Research Fellow, Political Economy Research Institute, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
1999-present Consultant, Center for California Health Workforce Studies, University of
California-San Francisco. Research on shortages of registered nurses and
the effect of the organization of nursing work on health outcomes.
1998-99 Graduate Student Researcher, Center for California Health Workforce
Studies, University of California-San Francisco. Research on shortages
of registered nurses.
1993-99 Graduate Student Researcher, Department of Economics and Institute of
Business and Economic Research; University of California-Berkeley.
Research for George Akerlof and Janet Yellen on a series of papers on
marriage, fertility, and labor market and social problems.
1995-96 Staff Labor Economist, Council of Economic Advisers/Executive Office of
the President. Policy analysis on labor, education, and income security.
Research on labor-market trends for the members of the Council and oth-
ers in the Executive Office of the President. Research and writing for the
Economic Report of the President 1996.
1993, 94, 97, 99 Graduate Student Instructor, Department of Economics University of
California-Berkeley. Economics 1 (Introduction to Economics); Eco-
nomics 202A (Graduate Macroeconomics).
1991-1992 Research Fellow, Trenton Office of Policy Studies
Research and policy design on a variety of urban issues, including taxa-
tion, public health, crime, government operations, and intergovernmental
relations for a newly formed urban policy office in Trenton, New Jersey.
Papers and Publications
"Hospital Registered Nurse Shortages: Environmental, Patient, and Institutional Predic-
tors," (co-authored with Professor Jean Ann Seago, University of California-San Francisco,
et al. Under review.
"Measuring Shortages of Hospital Nurses: How Do You Know a Hospital with a Nursing
Shortage When You See One?" (co-authored with Dr. Kevin Grumbach, MD, University of
California-San Francisco, et al. Under review.
"Do HMOs Use Nurses Differently, or Just Less? Evidence from Workers and Hospitals."
Working paper.
"Do Strong Men Earn Less Than They Used to? Deinstitutionalizing Labor Markets versus
the Skill-Biased Technological Change Hypothesis." Working paper.
"Is downsizing up?" (co-authored with Professor Thomas J. Kane, Kennedy School of Gov-
ernment, Harvard University). Working paper.
"American Pie Charts." Co-authored with Sara Sklaroff. Civilization. April/May 1997. Vol.
4, No.2, 84-85.
Presentations and Conferences
November 1999 National Institutes of Health. International Conference on Health and
Economic Development.
October 1999 "Program Evaluation Methods," Sociology 691: Policy Methods, Univer-
sity of Massachusetts-Amherst
July 1999 "The Effect of HMOs on the Earnings and Employment of Nurses," West-
ern Economic Association.
Fellowships
1997
1992-93
1991-92
Lloyd Ulman Graduate Student Fellowship in Labor Economics
University of California-Berkeley Mellon Fellowship
Princeton Project 55 Fellowship, 'Trenton Office of Policy Studies
Affiliations and Other Information
1992-present American Economic Association
1992-present Union for Radical Political Economics
1993-1999 Association of Graduate Student EmployeesjUAW Local 2165
1993-1999 Affiliated graduate student, Institute of Industrial Relations
University of California-Berkeley
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MARK DAVID BRENNER
Political Economy Research Institute
De~ent of Economics
10 floor, Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA.OI003-751O
Telephone:
(413) 545-6355 (office)
(413) 549-9424 (home)
(413) 545-2921 (fax)
Email:
brelU1er@econs.umass.edu
EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA (expected Jan. 2(00)
M.A. in Economics, University of Califomia, Riverside, CA., USA (1997)
M.A. in International Development, The American University, Washington, DC, USA (1994)
B.A. in Economics and History, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem,NC, USA (1991)
AREAS OF INTEREST:
Development Economics - with particular emphasis on issues of Poverty, Income
Distribution, Employment, Microfinance and the Informal Sector in Africa and Asia.
Labor Economics - with a focus on low-wage labor markets and workplace
reorganization in the U.S.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
RESEARCH FELLOW - January 1999- Present
University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Political Economy Research Institute
FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR - March 1998- December 1998
Universite de Cocody, UFR de Sciences Economiques et de Gestion - Abidj,an. Cote d'Ivoire
RESEARCH ASSISTANT - June 1995- February 1998
University of California - Riverside, Economics Department
ECONOMIST - January 1993- August 1993
Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration - Office of Aerospace
PUBLICA TIONS:
"Workplace Transformation and the Rise in Cwnulative Tramna Disorders: Is 111ere a COlU1ection?" (with David
Fairris), Journal of Labor Research, (forthcoming).
"Re-examining the Distribution of Wealth in Rural China," in Carl Riskin, Zhao Renwei, and Li Slli, eds., Retreat
from Equality: China's Income Distribution in the Transition Period. New York: MacMillan, (forthcoming).
"Domestic Resource Mobilization and Enterprise Development in Sub-Saharan Africa," (with Keith Griffin) in
Terry R. McKinley, ed., Macroeconomic Policy, Employment and Poverty Reduction. New York: MacMillan,
(forthcoming).
"Economic Analysis of the New Orleans Minimwn Wage Proposal," (with Robert Pollin and Stephanie Luce),
Political Economy Research Institute Working Paper (July 1999).
'''Flexible' Work Practices and Occupational Safety and Heallh: Exploring the Relationship Between Cumulative
Trawna Disorders and Workplace Transfonnation," (with David Fairris and Jolm Ruser), UC-Riverside Working
Paper (July 1999).
"Can U.S. Cities Raise Minimum Wages Above the National Level? Evidence from New Orleans: An Analysis of
the Cost Side of a Proposed Municipal Living Wage Ordinance for New Orleans," (with Robert Pollin and
Stephanie Luce), Paper prepared for the "Workshop on Earnings Inequality, Teclmology, and Institutions," Jerome
Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, June 8-10, 1999.
PUBLICATIONS (cont'dl:
"Rising Wealth Inequality and Changing Social Structure in Rural China, 1988-1995," (with Terry McKinley),
World Institute for Development Economics Research (WIDER) Working Paper No. 160 (May 1999).
"A Reconsideration of Asset Distribution in Rural China," (in Chinese) in Zhao Renwei. Li Shi and Carl Riskin,
eds., Re-Examining Income Distribution in China. Beijing: China Finance and Economy Publishing. (1999).
"Education, Productivity and Earnings in Mainland China," A backgroWld paper for the International Labor Office,
Excerpted for World Employment Report (1998).
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Consultant, International Labour Office, STIWER, 1997, Geneva
Project: Prepared background paper, "Education, Productivity and Earnings in Mainland China" for the 1998 World
Employment Report.
Consultant, International Labour Office, POLDEV, 1996, Geneva
Project: Worked with Keith Griffin in the preparation of background paper "Domestic Resource Mobilization ad
Enterprise Development in Sub-Sallaran Africa." Paper subsequently became part of the theoretical
framework for the current UNDP research program "Jobs for Africa."
Consultant, Tourism and Industry Develol)ment Council, 1996, Los Angeles
Project: Participated in a research team to evaluate the economic impact of a proposed city ordinance, "TIle Los
Angeles Living Wage Ordinance." Presented report and ordl testimony to the Los Angeles City Council.
HONORS/PROFESSIONAL AFFlUA TIONS/SERVICE:
1. William Fulbright Scholar, March 1998-December 1998
Chancellor's Fellow, University of California, Riverside, August 1994 to JWle 1999
Executive Board, American Friends Service Committee-PSWRO, November 1996- December 1997
Administrative Fellow, School of Public Affairs, The American University, August 1993-May 1994
Methodist Scholar, The American University, August 1992-May 1993
American Economics Association
Society for International Development
African Studies Association
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English - native language
French - fluent
References
Professor George Akerlof, Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880, akerlof<Decon. berkeley. edu
Professor Michael Reich, Department of Economics, University of California-Berkeley, Berke-
ley, CA 94720-3880, mreicMlecon. berkeley. edu
John P. Thurber, Vice-President, Thomas Edison State College, 101 West State Street,
Trenton, NJ 08608-1176, 609/984-1154, thurber<Dtesc. edu
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AMY ICKOWITZ
3170 Canyon Crest Drive Apt. #34
Riverside, c.A. 92507
(909) 369-9900
e-mail: aymoosh@hotmail.com
EDUCA nON
EXPERIENCE
University of California, Riverside
Doctoral Candidate in Economics
(1995 - present)
Chancellor's Distinguished Fellowship 1995-1999
Riverside, CA
The American University
Master of Arts in Economics, 1994
Washington, DC
The School for International Training
Bachelor ofIntemational Studies, 1991
Brattleboro, VT
California State University, San Bernadino San Bernadino, CA
Instructor. Currently teaching Principles of Macroeconomics. (September 1999-present)
University of California, Riverside Riverside, CA
Teaching Assistant. Held discussions for Introduction to Microeconomics, Introduction to
Macroeconomics, and Intermediate Microeconomics. (September 1996 - present)
Long Island University Brooklyn, NY
Writing Tutor. Met with students to read over and critique their essays and papers.
Advised them on how to improve their writing skills. (January 1995 - June 1995)
CARE International Antananarivo, Madagascar
Translator. Translated 139-page proposal for development project from French to English
under short-term contract. (October-November 1994)
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom Washington, DC
Legislative Intern. Researched, tracked, and interpreted legislation. Wrote articles for
organization's publications to inform its 15,000 members about current issues and
legislation. Acted as liaison between grassroots membership and national office.
Represented organization at coalition meetings.
(September 1992-June 1993)
Council on Economic Priorities New York, NY
Intern. Researched companies' social responsibility performance. Answered questions and
responded to feedback through correspondence with organization's membership.
Organized mailings. Created and maintained company files in computer. Communicated
with company representatives. (January-May 1992)
"Economic Transition as a Crisis of Vision: Comparing Classical and Neoclassical Theories of General
Equilibrium". Eastern Economic Journal. (under submission) (with John Elliott and Stephen Cullenberg).
Presentations:
"Colonialism, Customary Law, and the New Zimbabwean Woman", presented at the fifth annual Africa conference
at California State University, Sacramento, 1996.
Travel and Foreif.!n Residence:
South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Zambia, Tanzania, Kenya. Egypt, United Kingdom. Japan, Canada, Mexico,
and continental United States.
References:
Dr. Christopher Niggle, Chair
Department of Economics
University of Redlands
Red1ands, CA 92373
Tel. 909-787-2121
Dr. Stephen Cullenberg. Chair
Department of Economics
University of California. Riverside
Riverside. CA 92521
Tel. 909-787-5037 (Ext. 1573)
Dr. Keith Griffin
Department of Economics
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel. 909-787-4108
Dr. Laurie Brand. Director
Center for International Studies
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Tel. 213-740-3651
Dr. Howard Shennan (Emeritus)
Department of Economics
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA 92521
Tel. 310-475-7244
Dr. John Elliott. Director
Political Economy and Public Policy
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 90089
Tel. 21.3-740-3522
Courses taught: principles of microeconomics, principles of macroeconomics, and
comparative economic systems.
Received consistently excellent teaching evaluations.
University of Venda, South Africa. Lecturer in Public and Development Administration. Summer 1997
. Taught a graduate and undergraduate seminar on research methods.
Engaged in fieldwork on gender and rural development.
South African Management Development Institute, Government of South Africa.
Lecturer in Public Sector Management and Reform. Summer 1997
Taught two seminars on public-sector reform in post-apartheid South Africa.
Received excellent reviews for work completed, and was invited to teach more
courses and offer further assistance in the future.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Research Assistant of Economics. 1995-1996
Engaged in economic research assistance under the guidance of faculty.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Research Assistant of Development Studies. 1994-1995
Worked on a grant the department received to design a "development
professionals" seminar series for the program and university community.
Received an award from the director of the program for outstanding
service to the development studies program.
University of Zimbabwe, Department of Economic History. Research Associate. 1994
Engaged in research on land tenure and rural development in Zimbabwe
under the auspices of the Department of Economic History.
Tokyo, Japan. Private Teacher of English language. 1990-1991
Worked independently as a tutor and teacher of spoken and written English
in Tokyo and several other Japanese cities.
Publications
"Women and Land Tenure Dynamics in Precolonial, Colonial, and Post-Colonial Zimbabwe". Journal of Public
and International Affairs. Vo1.9 (Spring 1998) (with Beverly Peters).
"Adam Smith on Power and Modes of Social Organization". International Journal of Social Economics.
(Forthcoming) (with John Elliott).
Review of "The Life and Times of Soviet Socialism", by Alex Dowlah and John Elliott. Journal of Economic
Issues. VoU3 No.4 (December 1998).
Review of "Global Restructuring and Land Rights in Ghana", by Kojo Sebastian Amanor, "Private Sector Response
to Agricultural Marketing Liberalisation in Zambia", by Dennis Chiwele. et aI., and "Gender and Agricultural
Supply Response to Structural Adjustment Programmes", by Grace Atieno Ongile. South African Journal of
Interantional Affairs (Forthcoming).
Review of "Globalization and Progressive Economic Policy", edited by Dean Baker, Gerald Epstein, and Robert
Pollin. South African Journal of Interantional Affairs. (Forthcoming).
"Employment and Unemployment in South Africa: Policy Issues of RuraVUrban Articulation". Development
Southern Africa. (received revise and resubmit, currently under revision).
John E. Peters
P.O. Box 328
Crest Park, CA 92326-0328
Tel 909-336-2313
EMail: nicholpeter~artMink.net
Education:
University of Southern California. Ph.D. Candidate in Political Economy and Public Policy. 1998-Present
Received between A- and A+ in all courses.
Dissertation title: "Inequality, Class, and Gender in Zimbabwe and South Africa:
a Comparative Analysis of Rural Livelihoods and Social Differentiation".
University of California, Riverside. Ph.D. Candidate in Economics.
Coursework in macroeconomic analysis, political economy, and development.
Received between A- and A+ in all courses.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. M.A. in Economics.
Major field in economic growth, planning, and development, and minor field
in computer applications.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. M.A. in International Affairs and Development Studies.
Major fields in international affairs, geography, and education.
Received Academic Excellence Award from director of the program.
California State University, Sacramento. B.A. in Economics.
Majors in economics and Japanese studies, and minor in African studies.
University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Completed one-year study program at the University of Zimbabwe toward
completion of my BA degree.
Took courses in development, African culture and Shona language.
Waseda University, Tokyo, Jal)an.
Completed one-year study program at Waseda University toward completion
of my BA degree.
Took courses regarding the historical development of the Japanese economy,
Japanese culture, and Japanese language.
Professional Exoerience:
1996-1998
1995-1996
1994-1995
1988-1994
1992-1993
1990-1991
University of Southern California, and University of California, Riverside.
Teaching Assistant of Economics. 1996-1999
TA Courses (undergraduate): introduction to macroeconomics, introductii)n to
microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomic theory, law and economics,
political economy, research methods in economics, and international trade,
planning, and development.
TA Courses (graduate): political economy.
Received consistently excellent teaching evaluations.
University of Redlands. Lecturer in Economics. 1997-1998
EDUCATION
WORK
EXPERIENCE
ACTIVITIES
REFERENCES
JEANNETTE LlM
13 Laurana Lane
Hadley, Massachusetts 01035
(413) 549-7138
University of Massachusetts
Doctoral program in Economics
Graduate Fellowship. 1997-1998
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts in Social Sciences
Sophomore Honors A ward; Class Honors 1991. 1993
Supplemental graduate course work in economics through
the Master of Arts in Applied Economics program
Course Highlights
Macroeconomics L II
Labor Economics
University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Research Assistant
Co-authoring paper to be submitted for publication. Provide substantive input in content
and analysis strategy of paper. Review literature, independently conduct data analyses
using STATA, produce graphic and tabular material (with Microsoft Excel) to present
and discuss results with co-authors. Responsible for data cleaning and management.
Economic Policy Institute, Research Assistant
Used STATA to conduct statistical analyses for published book. Reviewed literature and
provided statistical analyses for report to the U.S. Department of Labor. Conferred
with authors on analysis strategies and the interpretation of statistical results, researched
statistical techniques, produced graphics and tabular material (with Microsoft Excel and
STAT A) to facilitate interpretation of findings. Conducted exploratory analyses of
variables in new data set for future research. Provided data management.
Center for Popular Economics, Research Assistant
Updated economic data in educational AFL-CIO manual. Conducted extensive
internet and library research to locate appropriate data. Perfonned computations on data
for presentation and replaced figures that could not be updated with figures that
illustrated comparable economic facts.
Monitoring the Future, Survey Research Center,
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, Reseal.ch Associate
Used SAS for Unix to conduct statistical analyses and to tailor data sets for analyses-
including index development and ex1ensive data management. Developed initial
interpretations of findings. Prepared graphs and tables (with Harvard Graphics,
WordPerfect, and Microsoft Excel) to facilitate the interpretation of analyses' results and
for final presentation of research findings. Drafted necessary explanatory tex1 for graphs
and tables. Recommended alternative analysis strategies. Consulted with principal
investigators on interpretation of data, clarity of reporting, alternative approaches to
graphics and tabular presentations of data. Functioned as "managing co-author" in
virtually all aspects of book planning and production for published book. Collaborated in
the preparation of other publications. Perfonned extensive editing of various
publications. Coauthored technical report.
Stonewall Center
Speakers Bureau volunteer
Center for Popular Economics
Staff Economist
Labor Education and Research Project
Intern
A vailable upon request.
Amherst, Massachusetts
September, 1997-present
Ann Arbor, Michigan
May, 1993
September, 1996-April,
1997
Econometrics
Advanced Topics in
Econometrics
Amherst, Massachusetts
September, 1999-present
Washington, DC
June, 1998-January, 1999
Amherst, Massachusetts
June, 1999-September,
1999
Ann Arbor, Michigan
June, 1995-August, 1997
Amherst, Massachusetts
January, 1998-present
Amherst, Massachusetts
January, 1998-present
Detroit, Michigan
May, 1993-January, 1994
John E. Peters
P.O. Box 328
Crest Park, CA 92326-0328
TeL 909-336-2313
EMail: nicholpeters@earthlink.net
Education:
University of Southern California. Ph.D. Candidate in Political Economy and Public Policy. 1998-Present
Received between A- and A+ in all courses.
Dissertation title: "Inequality, Class. and Gender in Zimbabwe and South Africa:
a Comparative Analysis of Rural Livelihoods and Social Differentiation".
University of California, Riverside. Ph.D. Candidate in Economics.
Coursework in macroeconomic analysis. political economy. and development.
Received between A- and A+ in all courses.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. M.A. in Economics.
Major field in economic growth, planning, and development. and minor field
in computer applications.
Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. M.A. in International Affairs and Develol)ment Studies.
Major fields in international affairs, geography, and education.
Received Academic Excellence Award from director of the program.
California State University, Sacramento. B.A. in Economics.
Majors in economics and Japanese studies, and minor in African studies.
University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Completed one-year study program at the University of Zimbabwe toward
completion of my BA degree.
Took courses in development, African culture and Shona language.
Waseda University, Tokyo, Jal)an.
Completed one-year study program at Waseda University toward completion
of my BA degree.
Took courses regarding the historical development orthe Japanese economy,
Japanese culture, and Japanese language.
Professional Experience:
1996-1998
1995-1996
1994-1995
1988-1994
1992-1993
1990-1991
University of Southern California, and University of California, Riverside.
Teaching Assistant of Economics. 1996-1999
TA Courses (undergraduate): introduction to macroeconomics, introducti<lD to
microeconomics, intermediate macroeconomic theory, law and economics,
political economy, research methods in economics, and international trade,
planning, and development.
· T A Courses (graduate): political economy.
Received consistently excellent teaching evaluations.
University of Redlands. Lecturer in Economics. 1997-1998
Sampan'asa momba ny Fampandrosoana Antananarivo, Madagascar
(Department of Development)
Community Development Intern. Created an environmental education program for
elementary school students. Handled accounts for grassroots development project.
Translated documents pertaining to project from French to English. Corresponded with
foreign donors of project. (August 1990-March 1991)
SKILLS
Languages
French-proficient; Hebrew-proficient; Malagasy-conversational
Computer Literacy
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PUBLICATIONS "The Distribution of Wealth and the Pace of Development". Co-authored with Keith Griffin.
United Nation Development Programme, 1998.
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