Areas of expertise
Political economy • International economics • Macroeconomics • Labor markets • Unions
Biography
Jeff Faux founded the Economic Policy Institute in 1986, and made it into the country’s leading think tank on the political and economic issues that working Americans face. In 2003, he stepped down as EPI’s president. Faux has studied, taught and published on a wide variety of economic and political issues from the global economy to neighborhood community development, from monetary policy to political strategy. He is the author or co-author of six books, the latest being, The Servant Economy: Where America’s Elite is Sending the Middle Class (Wiley, 2012).
Faux worked as an economist in the Departments of State, Labor and Commerce, a manager in the finance industry, a blueberry farmer, and a member of a municipal planning board in the State of Maine. He’s been an advisor to governments, trade unions, businesses, political campaigns, and community organizations. He’s lectured in Europe, Latin America, and Asia, sits on the boards of several of non-profit institutions and magazines, has written articles for numerous newspapers, magazines and journals, has testified before Congress, and has appeared many times on television and radio.
Education
Queens College, George Washington University, and Harvard University
Honorary Degree, University of New England
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Ron Blackwell (1946–2018)
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Davos is Trump’s kind of town
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Trump is right to criticize NAFTA—but he’s totally wrong about why it’s bad for America
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U.S. trade policy—time to start over
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Don’t Be Fooled: The TPP Is Not About National Security
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Free trade in moral hypocrisy
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Brexit would hit the UK economy much harder than its promoters expect
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U.S. trade policy: Populist anger or out-of-touch elites?
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Breaking News: The Rich Discover Inequality
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TPP Panic: Playing the China Card
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TPP: Obama’s Folly
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The Neoliberal Mind at Work: Brad DeLong’s Muddled Defense of NAFTA
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How the Great Society Democratized Our Economy
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In Memoriam: Lynn Williams
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Thomas Piketty Undermines the Hallowed Tenets of the Capitalist Catechism
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America Without Unions
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Class War: The View From the Board Room
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NAFTA, Twenty Years After: A Disaster
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NAFTA’s Impact on U.S. Workers
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The Stem, the Flower, and Corporate Greed
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Giving Thanks for Small Things: A Little Light in the Dark Corridors of Power
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Socialized Medicine: The Horror Movie
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Fifty Years Later: How Far Have We Marched?
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Complacent Consensus on China
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Brazilian Protests: Could They Happen Here?
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Where’s the Change?
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Election over: Time for progressive Dems to face the truth
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Education profiteering: Wall Street’s next big thing?
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Paul Ryan’s wink
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The Servant Economy: Is this where America is headed?