PERI's work as featured or quoted in the media in recent months

January 6-9, 2012
Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Chronicle of Higher Education
Gerald Epstein comments on the new ethics guidelines passed by the American Economics Association.

January 6, 2012
The New York Times
Robert Pollin is quoted extensively in an article about the employment impacts of potential cuts in military spending.

January 6, 2012
The Springfield Republican
An editorial column examines PERI's study on the excess assets being held by banks and other institutions.

December 29, 2011
CBS News
Jeffrey Thompson's study on taxes on migration is referenced in a commentary on a potential 'millionaires' tax' for California.

December 30, 2011
Daily Hampshire Gazette
An article discusses at length the PERI study on hoarded bank and corporate asset reserves, and its political implications.

December 26, 2011
WFCR 
Robert Pollin is interviewed on the economy-transforming potential of mobilizing the hoards of excess assets being held by banks and other corporations.

December 22, 2011
The Hill
An editorial uses PERI's research on the impact of potential E.P.A. legislation in support of passage of some of those regulations.

December 12, 2011
The Street
An article describes the findings of "19 Million Jobs for U.S. Workers" in detail.

December 7, 2011
The Hill
Foreign Policy in Focus
An editorial highlights Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier's study on jobs and military spending.

December 3, 2011
Albany Times-Union
Jeffrey Thompson's research on the response of the wealthy to tax increases is used in support of extending the New York State 'millionaire's' tax.

December 2, 2011
The Financial Times
PERI's job creation estimates are referenced by a White House source in the context of the President's initiative to retrofit federal buildings.

November 18, 2011
Taunton Gazette
Jeannette Wicks-Lim defends a state senator's support for a $10/hour minimum wage in Massachusetts in this letter to the editor.

November 2011 -- As the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction (the ‘Supercommittee’) approaches its November 23 deadline for identifying $1.5 trillion in deficit reductions, levels of military spending are under intense scrutiny. The work of Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier is being used by Congress and the media to refute claims by the defense industry that defense spending is an effective job creation engine.

November 17, 2011
Politico
An editorial uses Pollin and Garrett-Peltier's work to debunk the Aerospace Industries Association study being presented to Congress.

November 13, 2011
The Boston Globe 
Congressman Barney Frank quotes Pollin and Garrett-Peltier in an op ed on this topic.

November 7, 2011
The Boston Globe
This op ed uses Pollin and Garrett-Peltier’s work to criticize Raytheon’s arguments against cuts to defense spending. 

November 4, 2011
ABC News
CBS News
Fox News 
Washington Post
National Public Radio
Yahoo! News
Newser
Huffington Post
MSN Money
The AP story “Spin Meter: GOP flips on job creation for defense” quoting Pollin & Garrett-Peltier was carried by literally hundreds of media outlets around the country. 

November 4, 2011
Orlando Sentinel 
Pollin and Garrett-Peltier’s work is used to rebut an industry-sponsored report.

November 4, 2011
CNN
Heidi Garrett-Peltier comments on the Department of Defense's estimates of potential jobs losses from cuts to military spending.

November 4, 2011
CBS News
Robert Pollin describes the job creation impact of military versus non-military spending in this article on defense cuts.

November 3, 2011
The Guardian
James Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana's book, Odious Debts, is praised in this column on Bill Gates' speech to the G20.

October 19, 2011
ClarionLedger (Jackson, Mississippi)
Robert Pollin is quoted on the job impact of potential cuts to military spending.

October 14, 2011
Daily Hampshire Gazette
Robert Pollin comments extensively in this primer on the Occupy Wall Street movement.

October 13, 2011
Time
A column highlights the findings of PERI's study on the impacts of military vs. non-military federal investments.

October 12, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
The WSJ looks at progress towards a code of ethics for economists, a movement spearheaded by Gerald Epstein.

October 7, 2011
CNN
Heidi Garrett-Peltier comments on the job creation potential of clean energy projects as opposed to an oil pipeline.

October 7, 2011
Wall Street Journal's Market Watch
Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier's work on job creation from military vs. non-military federal spending is central to this article on budget cuts.

October 3, 2011
The Guardian
Robert Pollin and Heidi Garrett-Peltier's work on the job creation potential of alternatives to military spending is referenced in an article on defense industry jobs in Great Britian.

 on September 20, 2011
Rutland Herald
Jeffrey Thompson discusses job growth and unemployment in Vermont.

September 12, 2011
Boston Herald
Robert Pollin writes a letter to the editor about the Massachusetts Nurses Associations' support for a financial transaction tax.

September 12, 2011
Huffington Post
PERI's work on the jobs impact of military and non-military federal spending is the basis of a column on the defense industry's current lobbying efforts.

September 11, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
Robert Pollin is quoted on how defense spending following 9/11 might have been used to create jobs.

September 9, 2011
Forbes
PERI's work on E.P.A. regulations is discussed in a column about the employment impact of environmental policies.

September 7, 2011
Huffington Post
Robert Pollin & Heidi Garrett-Peltier's work on military expenditures and jobs is referenced in a column on the impact of cuts to defense spending.

September 5, 2011
The Wall Street Journal
Gerald Epstein's work on the ethics of economists is discussed in the context of "Ten Things that Economists Do Not Say to You"

September 5, 2011
Boston Globe
Robert Pollin is quoted on the employment benefits of investments in public infrastructure.

August 16, 2011
The Nation
Robert Pollin comments on the possible motivations behind the recent S & P downgrade.

August 12, 2011
The Nation 'Conversations'
Robert Pollin is interviewed on the consequences of the Standard & Poor's downgrade.

August 9, 2011
Fox Business
The Nation
Robert Pollin and Gerald Epstein comment on Standard & Poor's downgrade of the U.S. credit rating

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