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Julie Matthaei

Julie Matthaei is a Marxist-feminist-anti-racist-ecological economist. She is an economics professor at Wellesley College, and co-founder and boardmember of the US Solidarity Economy Network.

Latest from Julie Matthaei
Economy & Labor

Matthaei Letter to Treasury Secretary Lew

Given persistent, pressing economic crises, the Obama administration should open an Office of Economic Innovation to consider systemic changes, and involve Marxists and heterodox economists to help visibilize…
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Julie Matthaei
SpeakOut
January 26, 2015
Economy & Labor

Waving Free-Market Flag Brings Out Worst In Capitalism

We should be thinking outside of the box of capitalism — in particular, supporting the emerging solidarity economy.
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Julie Matthaei
SpeakOut
April 5, 2014
Economy & Labor

Economists Hit Back in the Minimum-Wage Wars

Funded by the restaurant industry, a conservative foundation and unnamed others, the group has taken out full-page ads warning the public that increasing the minimum wage would worsen…
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Julie Matthaei
Paul Zarembka
The New York Times
April 5, 2014

Why the Occupy Movement is Good for Our Health

Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released a report on income inequality which found that the incomes of the top 1% nearly tripled between 1979 and 2007, whereas those…
by
Julie Matthaei
Common Dreams
November 15, 2011
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