Gerald Friedman

Gerald Friedman is a professor of economics at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

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Environment & Health

Here’s How the US Could Afford “Medicare for All”

Simply strike the words “who are age 65 or over” from the 1965 amendments to the Social Security Act.

by: Gerald Friedman,; The Conversation

October 26, 2019

News Analysis

Why Market Competition Has Not Brought Down Health Care Costs

We won’t be able to control health costs until we revamp the system with something like single-payer.

by: Gerald Friedman,; The Conversation

July 4, 2017

News Analysis

Economy & Labor

What Would Sanders Do? An Analysis of His Proposals

His policies would not only increase employment and national income, but would also raise wages, reduce poverty and narrow the inequality gap.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Dollars & Sense

February 3, 2016

News Analysis

The Rise of the Gig Economy

Growing numbers of Americans no longer hold a regular “job” with a long-term connection to a particular business.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Dollars & Sense

May 9, 2014

News Analysis

The ACA and America’s Health Care Mess

We can hope that the ACA’s strengths and its failures will soon pave the way for a rational universal system such as single payer health care.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Dollars & Sense

January 23, 2014

News Analysis

The Last Bad Idea: The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

Gerald Friedman: “Only a single payer program can provide universal coverage, and only a single payer program can control costs.”

by: Gerald Friedman,; Center for Popular Economics

August 26, 2013

News Analysis

Collapsing Investment and the Great Recession

Economics professor Gerald Friedman illustrates the links between collapsing investment and the Great Recession.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Dollars & Sense

July 26, 2013

News Analysis

Austerity Comes to America

Gerald Friedman: The ghost of bad austerity economics continues to haunt – and even to drive – the living.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Center for Popular Economics

May 22, 2013

News Analysis

The Unhappy Marriage of Economics and Health Care

Conservative economic approaches to healthcare have crippled the system and we can blame economists for the failure.

by: Gerald Friedman,; Unions for Single Payer Healthcare

May 10, 2013

News Analysis

The Great Tax-Cut Experiment

Gerald Friedman breaks down the history of tax reduction in this country to answer the question, are we any better today than we were fifty years ago?

by: Gerald Friedman,; Dollars & Sense

February 15, 2013