C.J. Polychroniou is a political scientist/political economist, author, and journalist who has taught and worked in numerous universities and research centers in Europe and the United States. Currently, his main research interests are in U.S. politics and the political economy of the United States, European economic integration, globalization, climate change and environmental economics, and the deconstruction of neoliberalism’s politico-economic project. He is a columnist for Global Policy Journal and a regular contributor to Truthout as well as a member of Truthout’s Public Intellectual Project. He has published scores of books and over one thousand articles which have appeared in a variety of journals, magazines, newspapers and popular news websites. Many of his publications have been translated into a multitude of different languages, including Arabic, Chinese, Croatian, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Turkish. His latest books are Optimism Over Despair: Noam Chomsky On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change (2017); Climate Crisis and the Global Green New Deal: The Political Economy of Saving the Planet (with Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin as primary authors, 2020); The Precipice: Neoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change (an anthology of interviews with Noam Chomsky, 2021); and Economics and the Left: Interviews with Progressive Economists (2021).
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We have the technical know-how as well as the available economic resources to make the transition to a clean energy future. Now it must be done.
The Declaration of Independence,…
Massive debt levels are a feature of contemporary capitalism that cannot be eradicated without radical change, says political scientist Éric Toussaint.
“The indebtedness of the…
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou.
C.J. Polychroniou: Why did you choose to become an economist, and focus on health policy?…
The huge COVID-19 vaccine supply gap between rich and poor countries exposes the deadly problem of intellectual property (IP) rights and the dangerous monopoly power of Big Pharma…
Great power competition has emerged as a key priority for U.S. foreign policy under the Biden administration. In fact, we may be already at the start of a new New Cold War,…
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by GP Columnist C.J. Polychroniou.
C.J. Polychroniou: You studied economics as an undergraduate student in Burundi,…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that we must keep alive the memory of, and draw strength and inspiration from, the accomplishments of the labor movement.
May Day is celebrated in…
C. J. Polychroniou looks at the evidence and wonders if our leaders' ever consider that capitalism is at the core of what’s causing life on Earth to vanish.
The theme of…
The global economy experienced a massive contraction in 2020, with the overall global GDP falling by 4.3 percent. Compare that with the 2008 global financial crisis, which…
C. J. Polychroniou argues that all financial and political links to the fossil fuel industry must be severely disrupted if any serious progress is to be made towards building…
President Joe Biden’s domestic policies, especially on the economic front, are quite encouraging, offering plenty of hope for a better future. The same, however, cannot be…
President Biden has released an economic plan to combat COVID-19 and get the country back on track which, according to many analysts, is inspired by FDR’s New Deal.
In his first…
This is part of PERI's economist interview series, hosted by C.J. Polychroniou.
C.J. Polychroniou: Why did you chose to study economics?
Omar Dahi: When I was young, I…
What is Trump after with his legal challenges of a “rigged and stolen” election? Can he really hope for a legislative coup? Is the contemporary United States a country…
C. J. Polychroniou on why a Global Green New Deal Project is the only way to address climate change.
The position of the Academies of Science from more than 80 countries and…