Thomas Ferguson

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Thomas Ferguson is the Research Director at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and Senior Fellow at Better Markets. He received his Ph.D. from Princeton University and taught formerly at MIT and the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author or coauthor of several books, including Golden Rule (University of Chicago Press, 1995) and Right Turn (Hill & Wang, 1986). His articles have appeared in many scholarly journals, including the Quarterly Journal of Economics, International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, and the Journal of Economic History. He is a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Political Economy and a longtime Contributing Editor at The Nation.

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Pasinetti on Institutional Forces and the Discipline of Economics

Article | Jul 29, 2014

Ever since 2008, increasing numbers of economists, students, and even market professionals have protested the way economics is currently taught and practiced.

Poles Apart? Party Polarization and Industrial Structure in American Politics Now

Paper Conference paper | | Apr 2013

Only a few years ago, comparisons of American politics to opéra bouffe were not outrageously farfetched at least if you were not poor or sick.

Tom Ferguson and Rob Johnson on Debt, Growth, and Austerity

News Apr 17, 2011

Deficit Fantasies in the Great Recession

Legislators Never Bowl Alone: Big Money, Mass Media, and the Polarization of Congress

Paper Conference paper | | Apr 2011

This is a small paper on a big subject: the polarization of American politics since the mid-1970s. In its early stages this process bore more than a passing resemblance to the opening scenes of a Grade B disaster movie: With almost everyone’s attention focused elsewhere, a series of tiny, seemingly insignificant departures from long standing routines took place.

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