C. J. Polychroniou

C. J. Polychroniou

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 DespairNoam Chomsky On Capitalism, Empire, and Social Change (2017); Climate Crisis and the Global Green New DealThe Political Economy of Saving the Planet (with Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin as primary authors, 2020); The PrecipiceNeoliberalism, the Pandemic, and the Urgent Need for Radical Change (an anthology of interviews with Noam Chomsky, 2021); and Economics and the LeftInterviews with Progressive Economists (2021).

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16 February 2024
In this interview, Gerald Epstein argues that irresponsible banking and deregulation are putting the world economy at risk. Over the past several decades, there have been rapid…
29 January 2024
Our economy must center human outcomes rather than rising share prices, says social theorist and author Marjorie Kelly. The extraction of wealth is a pathology of late capitalism…
22 December 2023
It's further proof that sustained activism, not fossil fuel diplomacy, is our only hope for tackling the climate crisis. The outcome of global climate summits has barely changed…
11 December 2023
Environmental economist James K. Boyce analyzes the roadblocks to climate action at the COP28 climate summit. Global climate summits have rarely produced tangible results. More…
23 October 2023
Debt abolitionist Astra Taylor discusses how capitalism’s manufactured insecurity can feed movements for radical change. Capitalism is a socioeconomic system that depends upon…
19 July 2023
Gerald Epstein looks at how the loss of the dollar’s reserve currency status could impact the U.S. and world economy. Since Russia invaded Ukraine, and especially after Washington…
26 May 2023
We live in a world facing existential threats while extreme inequality is tearing our societies apart and democracy is in sharp decline. The U.S., meanwhile, is bent on…
09 May 2023
In this interview with C. J. Polychroniou, preeminent linguist Noam Chomsky spells out what AI can and cannot do, the rewards and the serious risks. Artificial…
28 April 2023
Regulations designed by banks to shield their interests will never be enough to halt banking crises, an economist warns. Recent bank failures in the U.S. have raised the prospect…
05 April 2023
The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has released a new climate report which updates and combines the findings from all past reports in the IPCC’s sixth…
24 March 2023
There is a banking crisis underway and the problems are spreading, says Gerald Epstein. Three banks in the U.S. (Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and Silvergate) have collapsed…
28 February 2023
We must embrace the positive developments so that we can build effectively from them, the progressive economist argues. The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy…
18 January 2023
“Every day, capitalism proves that it is absolutely indifferent to human flourishing,” says author China Miéville. The Communist Manifesto” is one of the most widely read…
10 January 2023
Mainstream economics failed miserably in addressing the financial crisis of 2007-08, so why would it be any different now when it comes to making sense of the rising inflation of…
04 January 2023
C.J. Polychroniou and Nancy Folbre discuss how a feminist political economy not only addresses gender inequalities, but also seeks to rectify inequalities in the…