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Associate professor Michelle Holder has been named president and CEO of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. Founded in 2013, the 40-person organization conducts research and provides grants to promote broad-based economic growth. Holder replaces outgoing president Heather Boushey, now a member of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
Associate professor J. W. Mason and his frequent co-author Arjun Jayadev sat down with interviewers from the Age of Economics project to discuss the role of the discipline and the future of capitalism. Read the transcript of their conversation here or watch the video playlist below.
John Jay economics student Paul E. Williams ’22 MA published the piece “Social Asset Building with the American Rescue Plan” on the People’s Policy Project website. As he writes, “Aid packages like ARP are relatively rare, and local governments should take full advantage of the opportunity to expand public ownership and public options for basic … Read more
On May 20, 2021, associate professor J. W. Mason participated in a panel on “Investment and Decarbonization” hosted by the Jain Family Institute.
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