A UN climate report ahead of the upcoming COP28 summit says that governments are failing to cut emissions fast enough for the planet…
Robert Pollin
Robert Pollin is Distinguished Professor of Economics and Codirector of the Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He has served as a consultant on energy and the economy for a wide range of organizations and institutions, including the U.S. Department of Energy, the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Industrial Development Program (UNIDO), and numerous nongovernmental organizations. He is author of Back to Full Employment (MIT Press), also in the Boston Review series, and Contours of Descent: U.S. Economic Fractures and the Landscape of Global Austerity.
Robert Pollin says PERI research findings published in Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out and Just Transition demonstrate Just Transition policies are easily affordable…
The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources is moving slowly, and scores of global…
The inflation conference at Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst (PERI) presented mounting evidence that raising the rate of interest will…
The specter of inflation is haunting the world’s economies. Surging prices since 2020, especially in food and energy, have eroded global living…
Transcript Paul Jay Hi, I’m Paul Jay. Welcome to theAnalysis.news. In a few seconds, I’ll be back with Bob Pollin. We’re going to…
The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” will have a positive affect on the climate crisis, but it does not phase out fossil fuel…
The global climate crisis is spinning out of control
We absolutely cannot allow neoliberalism to bask in a new wave of legitimacy in the name of fighting inflation
High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workers’ modest wage increases or government debt
