Robert Pollin

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Robert Pollin (born September 29, 1950) is an American economist and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he is also founding co-director of its Political Economy Research Institute (PERI).

Pollen received his PhD in economics from the New School for Social Research in 1982. He has worked as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and United Nations Development Program. He has also worked as an advisor to US Senator Bernie Sanders.

Pollen has published several books on topics in public economics, such as inequality, financial regulation and public welfare. In 2013, he was selected by ''Foreign Policy'' magazine as one of the “100 Leading Global Thinkers.”