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peri umass skip to content go to homepage political economy research institute menu search all content about peri our team research assistants gordon hall crotty hall contact us research areas african development policy asian political economy economics and human rights economics for the developing world environmental and energy economics finance jobs macroeconomics gender and care work health policy labor markets wages poverty publications economists events press toggle the keyword search input search all content political economy research institute advancing a green transition in michigan robert pollin jeannette wicks lim shouvik chakraborty and chirag lala the state of michigan is committed to building a net zero emissions economy by 2050 peri researchers robert pollin jeanette wicks lim shouvik chakraborty and chirag lala estimate that the state needs to invest about 2 percent of gdp every year until 2050 to build a clean energy infrastructure to supplant michigan s existing fossil fuel dominant infrastructure the clean energy investments will generate between 85 000 100 000 jobs while about 350 fossil fuel workers per year will become unemployed these fossil fuel sector workers need transitional support including pension employment and income guarantees along with retraining and relocation programs read more making care work nancy folbre peri researcher nancy folbre explains in this book length study how conventional economic accounting including the gdp accounts does not properly measure the value of caring for ourselves and others especially children the elderly and those experiencing illness or disability folbre reviews the long history of resistance to bogus claims that only paid work counts and that employees in care services are always paid what they deserve explaining why care providers remain economically vulnerable today folbre argues that more attention to the public benefits of care provision could help build the political coalitions needed to implement policies that put people first read more the political economy of racism in the u s michelle holder and jeannette wicks lim why does racial inequality persist in the united states peri researcher jeannette wicks lim and michelle holder address this question through the lens of stratification economics wicks lim and holder describe the ways in which stratification economics offers an antidote to the hyper focus within conventional economics on individuals and disregard for how politics shapes the economy the book also fuses stratification economics with intersectional theory to illuminate how gender and ethnicity intertwine with racial oppression they demonstrate why policy interventions spurred by effective social movements remain imperative for advancing racial and gender equity read more the crypto chokehold gerald epstein why do crypto currencies exist whose interests are served by the explosive expansion of crypto markets what dangers do the huge swings in crypto market valuations create for the operations of financial markets and the overall economy peri researcher gerald epstein demonstrates that the main purpose of crypto currencies is the naked extraction of wealth by a small circle of crypto capitalists especially those with ties to donald trump and his family epstein also explains why cryptocurrencies increase the risks of a massive financial crisis because they are both unregulated and highly vulnerable to hacking and manipulation read more recent research green economy transition programs for u s states the prospects for expanding clean energy investments and job opportunities under the mi healthy climate plan robert pollin jeannette wicks lim shouvik chakraborty and chirag lala against money j w mason and arjun jayadev dollar dominance fundamentals nature and present structure junji tokunaga comparative advantage and exploitation wages and unequal exchange in a ricardian framework soumik sarkar making care work why our economy should put people first nancy folbre the price of the air we breathe the heat we endure rohit azad and shouvik chakraborty household production time and inequality in material living standards in the u s 1965 2018 leila gautham and nancy folbre unequal gradients gender skin tone and intergenerational economic mobility luis monroy gomez franco roberto vélez grajales and gastón yalonetzky the crypto chokehold gerald epstein greenhouse 100 suppliers index 2025 report based on 2023 data see all research recent commentary over 160 years after abolition anti black racism still structures u s economy michelle holder and jeannette wicks lim modi is rigging indian democracy jayati ghosh tax the rich and save the world nancy folbre the green new deal is a jobs engine despite trump robert pollin despite climate policy setbacks a just transition is still within reach robert pollin beyond trade offs new economics for climate jobs and development a symposium jayati ghosh dani rodrik marcel fratzscher and hagen schulz forberg we need a care package nancy folbre the byproducts of the war on iran c p chandrasekhar and jayati ghosh common wealth for all caring for the planet and each other james k boyce decent societies must recognize the value of care work nancy folbre retirement savings in the dark lenore palladino overcoming trump s u s health care wrecking ball robert pollin see all commentary stay connected and sign up for peri updates sign up this is an official web page of the university of massachusetts political economy research institute gordon hall 418 n pleasant st suite a amherst ma 01002 tel 413 545 6355 fax 413 577 0261 peri peri umass edu footer navigation about peri publications economists our team privacy policy terms and conditions 2026 political economic research institute all rights reserved designbysoapbox com