https://znetwork.org/author/robertpollin/ Independent Left News, Analysis, Vision and Strategy Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:44:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://znetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/cropped-Z_logo_512-32x32.png https://znetwork.org/author/robertpollin/ 32 32 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wage-stagnation-vs-living-wages-for-u-s-workers-today/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wage-stagnation-vs-living-wages-for-u-s-workers-today/#respond Sun, 09 Nov 2025 13:44:33 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1291034 At the end of last August, President Donald Trump asserted that average wages for U.S. workers had risen by $546 during the first six months since he returned to office in January 2025. As with virtually all of Trump’s pronouncements, this one bears little relationship to the truth. In fact, when using the most reliable government data [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/wage-stagnation-vs-living-wages-for-u-s-workers-today/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/decades-of-neoliberalism-entrenched-us-inequality-trumps-budget-made-it-worse/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/decades-of-neoliberalism-entrenched-us-inequality-trumps-budget-made-it-worse/#respond Sat, 12 Jul 2025 15:22:22 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1286096 Donald Trump’s so-called “Big, Beautiful Bill,” which was signed into law last week, has been described as a monstrous piece of legislation. In this exclusive interview for Truthout, world-renowned progressive economist Robert Pollin provides an overview of this “disgraceful” federal budget bill. Pollin is distinguished professor of economics and co-director of the Political Economy Research Institute [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/decades-of-neoliberalism-entrenched-us-inequality-trumps-budget-made-it-worse/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-fraction-of-what-we-pay-in-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-fund-a-just-transition/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-fraction-of-what-we-pay-in-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-fund-a-just-transition/#respond Tue, 20 May 2025 18:26:32 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1283982 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-fraction-of-what-we-pay-in-fossil-fuel-subsidies-could-fund-a-just-transition/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/can-the-green-transition-work-for-workers-robert-pollin/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/can-the-green-transition-work-for-workers-robert-pollin/#respond Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:59:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1282974 Robert Pollin presents a compelling case for a global Green New Deal that fights climate change without sacrificing jobs. He explains why the shift to renewable energy is not just technologically possible, but economically beneficial—creating far more jobs than fossil fuels. But without strong labor protections and guaranteed wages, pensions, and reemployment for fossil fuel [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/can-the-green-transition-work-for-workers-robert-pollin/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/inflation-control-and-curbing-workers-power-in-the-neoliberal-era-bob-pollin-pt-1-2/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/inflation-control-and-curbing-workers-power-in-the-neoliberal-era-bob-pollin-pt-1-2/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:48:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1274896 Following the inflationary period of the Covid-19 pandemic, inflation is largely down and currently at 2.1% in the U.S. Bob Pollin, economist, and Co-Director at the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), explains the causes of inflation, including demand-side and supply-side factors. He illustrates how the economic models used to tackle inflation are essentially tools to chip away [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/inflation-control-and-curbing-workers-power-in-the-neoliberal-era-bob-pollin-pt-1-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/who-owns-americas-debt-bob-pollin-pt-2-2/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/who-owns-americas-debt-bob-pollin-pt-2-2/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 16:47:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1274899 In part 2, Bob Pollin, economist and Co-Director of the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI), lays out policies to increase workers’ wages and bargaining power and bring down the price of food items such as eggs. He tackles the issue of U.S. government debt, as well as fiscal conservative and MAGA Republican claims that China [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/who-owns-americas-debt-bob-pollin-pt-2-2/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-2-2-bob-pollin/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-2-2-bob-pollin/#respond Thu, 26 Sep 2024 15:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1272852 Given voters’ concerns over rising food and housing costs, Kamala Harris has pledged to combat price gouging if elected president, though she has yet to clearly lay out the hallmarks of the rest of her economic policy. In part 2, Bob Pollin, economist and advisor to U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Pramila Jayapal on [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-2-2-bob-pollin/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-bob-pollin/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-bob-pollin/#respond Fri, 13 Sep 2024 16:59:16 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1272334 The issue of banning (or not banning) fracking has been at the forefront of the 2024 presidential debates between former President Trump and Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. Fracking, a technique that involves horizontal drilling to extract gas and oil from shale rock, risks methane leaks and other environmental hazards. Professor Bob Pollin, economist and Co-Director [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/the-political-economy-of-saving-the-planet-bob-pollin/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ahead-of-the-debates-what-are-the-myths-and-realities-of-bidens-economy/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ahead-of-the-debates-what-are-the-myths-and-realities-of-bidens-economy/#respond Thu, 27 Jun 2024 15:55:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1268530 The economy is a top issue for many voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election. In a lengthy interview ahead of the first presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, world-renowned progressive economist Robert Pollin offers a detailed and thorough assessment of the actual state of the U.S. economy and the effects of Biden’s [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/ahead-of-the-debates-what-are-the-myths-and-realities-of-bidens-economy/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-mass-climate-mobilization-is-taking-place-sunday-heres-why-its-urgent/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-mass-climate-mobilization-is-taking-place-sunday-heres-why-its-urgent/#respond Fri, 15 Sep 2023 16:00:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1254091 A UN climate report ahead of the upcoming COP28 summit says that governments are failing to cut emissions fast enough for the planet to avoid an unmitigated disaster and calls in turn for the phasing out of fossil fuels. In the wake of the hottest summer on record, climate advocates have organized a “March to End [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/a-mass-climate-mobilization-is-taking-place-sunday-heres-why-its-urgent/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fossil-fuel-industry-phase-out-three-critical-worker-guarantees-for-a-just-transition/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fossil-fuel-industry-phase-out-three-critical-worker-guarantees-for-a-just-transition/#respond Tue, 28 Mar 2023 16:30:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1242379 Robert Pollin says PERI research findings published in Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out and Just Transition demonstrate Just Transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries & imperative for any serious prospect of success in climate stabilization plans. Lynn Fries interviews Pollin on GPEnewsdocs.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/fossil-fuel-industry-phase-out-three-critical-worker-guarantees-for-a-just-transition/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-face-a-climate-abyss-but-there-are-sparks-of-hope-robert-pollin-says/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-face-a-climate-abyss-but-there-are-sparks-of-hope-robert-pollin-says/#respond Mon, 27 Feb 2023 12:32:13 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1240289 The energy transition from fossil-based systems of energy production and consumption to renewable energy sources is moving slowly, and scores of global conferences on climate change over the past few decades have failed to produce the desired results. From the look of things, fossil fuels are going to be around for a long time to [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/we-face-a-climate-abyss-but-there-are-sparks-of-hope-robert-pollin-says/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/no-evidence-to-support-fed-2-inflation-target/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/no-evidence-to-support-fed-2-inflation-target/#respond Sun, 22 Jan 2023 16:33:08 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1237632 The inflation conference at Political Economy Research Institute at UMass Amherst (PERI) presented mounting evidence that raising the rate of interest will only raise unemployment and weaken the bargaining power of low-wage workers and the poor that are already hit hard by the pandemic across the world. Robert Pollin joins Sharmini Peries on theAnalysis.news. Transcript [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/no-evidence-to-support-fed-2-inflation-target/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-feds-response-to-rising-inflation-protects-the-wealthy-at-workers-expense/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-feds-response-to-rising-inflation-protects-the-wealthy-at-workers-expense/#respond Thu, 01 Dec 2022 13:08:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1233330 The specter of inflation is haunting the world’s economies. Surging prices since 2020, especially in food and energy, have eroded global living standards, though inflation varies considerably across countries. However, inflation is hitting the working class and lower-income people harder than wealthier households, triggering protests around the world, especially in countries with strong trade unions [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-feds-response-to-rising-inflation-protects-the-wealthy-at-workers-expense/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-to-fight-inflation-without-attacking-workers/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-to-fight-inflation-without-attacking-workers/#respond Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:47:52 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1233071 Transcript Paul Jay Hi, I’m Paul Jay. Welcome to theAnalysis.news. In a few seconds, I’ll be back with Bob Pollin. We’re going to talk about what real solutions to inflation look like. Please don’t forget there’s a donate button at the top of our webpage. We’re getting near the end of the year, and I know [...]]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/how-to-fight-inflation-without-attacking-workers/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/zvideo/bidens-bill-has-significant-funding-for-climate-but-10-of-whats-needed-bob-pollin/ https://znetwork.org/zvideo/bidens-bill-has-significant-funding-for-climate-but-10-of-whats-needed-bob-pollin/#respond Sat, 13 Aug 2022 12:47:00 +0000 https://znetwork.org/?post_type=video&p=1198937 The so-called “Inflation Reduction Act” will have a positive affect on the climate crisis, but it does not phase out fossil fuel and is far from what’s needed. Big industrial states like New York and California can and must go much further.]]> https://znetwork.org/zvideo/bidens-bill-has-significant-funding-for-climate-but-10-of-whats-needed-bob-pollin/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-is-breaking-his-climate-promises-what-are-the-consequences/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-is-breaking-his-climate-promises-what-are-the-consequences/#respond Wed, 25 May 2022 11:59:40 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1058576 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-is-breaking-his-climate-promises-what-are-the-consequences/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nationalizing-fossil-fuel-industry-is-a-practical-solution-to-rising-inflation/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nationalizing-fossil-fuel-industry-is-a-practical-solution-to-rising-inflation/#respond Sat, 26 Feb 2022 11:35:02 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1055447 We absolutely cannot allow neoliberalism to bask in a new wave of legitimacy in the name of fighting inflation]]> https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/nationalizing-fossil-fuel-industry-is-a-practical-solution-to-rising-inflation/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/1051881/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/1051881/#respond Sat, 13 Nov 2021 09:05:10 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1051881 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/1051881/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-heads-to-cop-26-throttled-by-manchin-and-trumpists/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-heads-to-cop-26-throttled-by-manchin-and-trumpists/#respond Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:04:06 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1051396 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/biden-heads-to-cop-26-throttled-by-manchin-and-trumpists/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-a-problem-with-the-infrastructure-and-budget-bills-theyre-too-small/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/there-is-a-problem-with-the-infrastructure-and-budget-bills-theyre-too-small/#respond Tue, 14 Sep 2021 09:02:53 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https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labor-unions-rally-behind-californias-zero-emissions-climate-plan/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labor-unions-rally-behind-californias-zero-emissions-climate-plan/#respond Sat, 12 Jun 2021 09:05:50 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1047478 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/labor-unions-rally-behind-californias-zero-emissions-climate-plan/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-global-economy-in-the-age-of-the-pandemic-and-beyond/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-global-economy-in-the-age-of-the-pandemic-and-beyond/#respond Thu, 15 Apr 2021 09:03:49 +0000 https://zcomm.org/?post_type=znetarticle&p=1045718 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-global-economy-in-the-age-of-the-pandemic-and-beyond/feed/ 0 https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-is-possible/ https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/phasing-out-fossil-fuels-is-possible/#respond Tue, 16 Mar 2021 09:06:08 +0000 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