Dimitri B. Papadimitriou

Jerome Levy Professor of Economics;  Executive Vice President, Bard College; President, Levy Economics Institute

Education
B.A. Columbia University, Ph.D. New School for Social Research

Teaching Fields
Macroeconomics, Money and Banking

Research Interests
Financial structure reform, fiscal and monetary policy, community development banking, employment policy and distribution of income

Selected Papers and Publications
Contributor to the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, The Milken Institute Review, Analyst, Journal of Applied Business Research, Routledge Encyclopedia of International Political Economy, Working USA, Journal of Economic Issues, Review of Political Economy, The Economic Journal, Challenge, Chicago Tribune, Financial Times, New York Times, European Journal of Political Economy, Eastern Economic Review and Journal of Comparative Economic Studies.

Editor and contributor, Profits, Deficits and Instability (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1992), Aspects of Distribution of Wealth and Income (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press,1994), Stability in the Financial System (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1996), and Modernizing Financial Systems (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1999), Hyman P. Minsky: Induced Investment and Business Cycles (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004), The Distributional Effects of Government Spending and Taxation (Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2006), Government Spending on the Elderly (Palgrave Macmillan Ltd, 2007); Hyman P. Minsky's John Maynard Keynes and Hyman P. Minsky's Stabilizing an Unstable Economy, with L. Randall Wray (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2008); Financial Conditions and Macroeconomic Performance: Essays in Honor of Hyman P. Minsky, with Steven M. Fazzari, (Sharpe, 1992); Poverty and Prosperity in the U.S. in the Late Twentieth Century, with Edward N. Wolff (Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, 1993).

Author of The Levy Institute Strategic Analysis Is Personal Debt Sustainable?, Deficits, Debt, and Growth, Is Deficit-Financed Growth Limited?, Prospects and Policies for the U.S. Economy, How Fragile is the U.S. Economy with Anwar M. Shaikh, Claudio H. Dos Santos and Gennaro Zezza; The United States and Her Creditors with Wynne Godley, Claudio H. Dos Santos and Gennaro Zezza; Are Housing Prices, Household Debt and Growth Sustainable? with Edward Chilcote and Gennaro Zezza; Can the Growth in the U.S. Current Account Deficit Be Sustained? with Gennaro Zezza; Can Global Imbalances Continue? with Gennaro Zezza and Greg Hannsgen; The U.S. Economy: What's Next? with Wynne Godley and Gennaro Zezza; The U.S. Economy: Is There A Way Out of the Woods? with Wynne Godley, Greg Hannsgen and Gennaro Zezza; Fiscal Stimulus—Is More Needed? with Greg Hannsgen and Gennaro Zezza; Prospects for the United States and the World: A Crisis That Conventional Remedies Cannot Resolve with Wynne Godley and Gennaro Zezza; Public Policy Briefs Full Employment Has Not Been Achieved; Community Development Banking, A Path to Community Development, The Community Reinvestment Act, Lending Discrimination, and the Role of the Community Development Banks, An Alternative in Small Business Finance with Ronnie J. Phillips and L. Randall Wray; Monetary Policy Uncovered, Targeting Inflation; Does Social Security Need Saving?; Understanding Deflation with L. Randall Wray; Cracks in the Foundation of Growth with Greg Hannsgen and Gennaro Zezza.

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