Will McGrew is a former research assistant at the Washington Center for Equitable Growth. He graduated from Yale University with a bachelor’s in economics and political science.
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Timothy Krueger
Tim Krueger is the program manager of the Great Lakes Energy Institute at Case Western. His work there involves managing clean energy research projects and coaching students on energy-related start-up ideas. He recently completed his MBA at the Weatherhead School of Management, focusing on sustainable business and finance. Before coming to Case, he worked at the Cleveland-based think tank Policy Matters Ohio, writing papers on topics such as American manufacturing, clean energy, and state revenue. He received a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in government.
Thomas Piketty
Thomas Piketty is a Professor at EHESS and at the Paris School of Economics.
Susan Helper
Susan Helper is the Frank Tracy Carlton Professor of Economics at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. She was formerly chief economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce and a member of the White House Staff. She has served as chair of the Economics Department, and has been a visiting scholar at University of Oxford, the University of California, Berkeley, Harvard University, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the globalization of supply chains, and on how U.S. manufacturing might be revitalized. Helper received her B.A. from Oberlin College in economics, government, and Spanish and her Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University.
Stephen Machin
Stephen Machin is professor of economics and director of the Centre for Economic Performance at the London School of Economics. He holds a B.A. in economics from Wolverhampton Polytechnic and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Warwick.
Sarah Jane Glynn
Sarah Jane Glynn is a senior advisor for the Women’s Bureau, Department of Labor. She is a labor sociologist and policy analyst with experience working at the national, state, and local level. Prior to joining the Department of Labor, Glynn was a senior fellow with the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress, where she previously held the role of director of women’s economic policy. Glynn holds a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies from UCLA and a Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt University.
Rucker C. Johnson
Rucker C. Johnson is Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy in the Goldman School of Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. His work considers the role of poverty and inequality in affecting life chances. His graduate and postdoctoral training is in labor and health economics. He holds a B.A. from Morehouse College, and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan—all in economics.
Salvatore Morelli
Salvatore Morelli is a visiting scholar at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School at the University of Oxford and an associate member of Nuffield College at Oxford, as well as a research associate at the Center for the Study of Economics and Finance.
Robynn Cox
Robynn Cox is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside. Her research interests include the fields of economics of crime, health economics, and labor economics, and are primarily focused on understanding the social and economic consequences of mass incarceration. Prior to her appointment at UC Riverside, she was an assistant professor at the University of Southern California School of Social Work, an assistant professor at Spelman College, and a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Economics at Duke University. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Georgia State University, where she was awarded the Andrew Young Fellowship. She completed her undergraduate studies at Duke University, where she obtained a dual A.B. in economics and Spanish and Latin American studies.
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Ronald Schettkat
Ronald Schettkat is a professor of economics at the University of Wuppertal.