Robert Pollin

Robert Pollin is Distinguished University Professor of Economics and founding Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

The Degrowth Economy

When it comes to growth, the devil is in the details.

  • Robert Pollin

The Critical Role of BR’s Ideas

A message of support from Noam Chomsky and Bob Pollin.

  • Noam Chomsky
  • Robert Pollin

Neoliberalism’s Bailout Problem

Mainstream economics ignores the massive government interventions that “free market” capitalism requires.

  • Gerald Epstein
  • Robert Pollin

The Political Economy of Saving the Planet

An interview with Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin on the climate crisis, COVID-19, and the future of environmental politics. 

  • Noam Chomsky
  • Robert Pollin
  • C. J. Polychroniou

Greening the Global Economy

Greening the economy is not only possible but necessary: global economic growth depends on it.
 

  • Robert Pollin

Final Response to Build the Green Economy

  • Robert Pollin

Build the Green Economy

1.2% of the GDP. That’s all it would take to green the economy.

  • Robert Pollin
with responses from
  • Leslie Dewan
  • Madeline Janis
  • Mara Prentiss
  • George R. Tynan & David G. Victor
  • Reed Hundt
  • Sanya Carley
  • Simon Caney

Back To Full Employment

A Boston Review Book

  • Robert Pollin

A Fix For Today, and Tomorrow — Final Response

A Fix For Today, and Tomorrow — Final Response

  • Robert Pollin

Back to Full Employment

It is fundamental to building a decent society—and we can get there.

  • Robert Pollin
with responses from
  • Reihan Salam
  • James K. Galbraith
  • Ruy Teixeira
  • Eileen Appelbaum
  • Andrew P. Morris & Roger E. Meiners
  • Lane Kenworthy
  • Jayati Ghosh
  • Michael J. Piore

Tools for a New Economy

We need a new regulatory framework that is capable of stabilizing markets and channeling financial resources away from the speculative casino.

  • Robert Pollin
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