Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin's research centers on macroeconomics, conditions for low-wage workers in the U.S. and globally, the analysis of financial markets, and the economics of building a clean-energy economy in the U.S. Professor Pollin has worked recently as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Labour Organization and numerous non-governmental organizations on various aspects of building high-employment green economies, and is currently directing a project with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization on this topic. He has also directed projects on employment creation and poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa for the United Nations Development Program, and has been a member of the United States Competitive Policy Council. He is presently a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of the European Commission project on Financialization, Economy, Society, and Sustainable Development. 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 1998- 2012: Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. 2013 – present: Distinguished Professor of Economics and Co-Director, Political Economy Research Institute, University of Massachusetts-Amherst