Research Scholars

Michael J. Murray is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperityand Associate Professor of Economics at Bemidji State University. He co-edits the American Review of Political Economy and is co-editor of four volumes on the Job Guarantee (Palgrave Macmillan). Murray’s research focuses on public policies targeting the dual problems of unemployment and poverty, he also […]

David A. Zalewski is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and a Professor of Finance in the School of Business at Providence College, where he teaches courses in International Economics, Money and Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions, and interdisciplinary seminars on economics, ethics and globalization. His research focuses on macroeconomic policy, ethics and economic justice, economic history,

Benjamin C. Wilson is a research scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and an Associate Professor of Economics at the State University of New York at Cortland where he teaches courses in microeconomics, comparative economic systems, urban economics, a well as a political economy of the Adirondacks class that takes place at the

Luis Villanueva is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and an assistant professor of economics at Denison University where he teaches Macroeconomics and Economic Development. His research interests are economic development, economic history of Latin America and classical political economy. Prior to joining the economics department at Denison University, Luis was an

Ahmed Soliman is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Denison University. His research interests are in the broad area of environmental engineering and sustainable energy. Prior to joining Denison, Ahmed was a Visiting Associate Professor at the Center of Environmental Science and Technology

Timothy P. Sharpe is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and Lecturer of Economics at Nottingham Trent University where he teaches (current) macroeconomic issues, theories and policies. Tim’s research is on contemporary macroeconomic policy debates vis-à-vis the conduct of fiscal and monetary policy among advanced economies. More specifically, his research focuses on

Robert H. Scott, III is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and Professor of Economics and Finance at Monmouth University, West Long Branch, New Jersey. He has published articles on credit cards, consumer debt, financial literacy, inequality, startup business financing and ecological economics. His biography Kenneth Boulding: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (2015)

John Nicolarsen is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity with interests including economic theory, heterodox economics, political ecology, law and economics, and economic philosophy. Among other venues, his research and work has been presented at the European Society for the History of Economic Thought (ESHET) and International Post-Keynesian conferences. John received his

Scott McConnell is a Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and an Assistant Professor of Economics at Eastern Oregon University, teaching in both the Economics and the Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) programs. His research interests are in ecological economics, the history of money, modern money theory, and functional finance. He has published

Giuseppe Mastromatteo is Research Scholar at the Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Cattolica University in Milan, and Professor at the Theological Faculty of Lugano. He has previously taught at the University of Genoa, University of Rome 3, University of Turin, the Pontifical Lateran University, and the Pontifical Gregorian University.