Gerald Friedman

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

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

July 4, 2017

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

February 3, 2016

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

May 9, 2014

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.

January 23, 2014

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

August 26, 2013