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Suresh Naidu

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Suresh Naidu is an American economist and academic. He is a named chair professor of economics at Columbia University, as well as a professor international and public affairs.[1] His fields of expertise are development economics, labor economics, and political economy.[1] He has been described by the NYTimes as an economic historian.[2]

Suresh has been cited for his commentary on the work of Thomas Piketty, and for his argument for defining capital as 'a forward looking claim on resources'.[3] He has also commented upon the rise of housing wealth and its implications for political economy.[3]

Early career

Prior to becoming a named chair and Columbia, he was a Harvard Academy Junior Scholar, and was an instructor at UC Berkeley. He completed a Bachelor of Math at the University of Waterloo, an MA in economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a PhD at UC Berkeley.[4]

Other work

Outside of formal academic writing, Naidu has contributed to various publications. He has written for the Boston Review, Jacobin, The Hindu, among other publications.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Suresh Naidu | Columbia | Economics". Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  2. ^ Kenigsberg, Ben (2020-04-30). "'Capital in the Twenty-First Century' Review: Economic History, Illustrated". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  3. ^ a b Adkins, Lisa; Cooper, Melinda; Konings, Martijn (May 2021). "Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality". Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space. 53 (3): 548–572. Bibcode:2021EnPlA..53..548A. doi:10.1177/0308518X19873673. ISSN 0308-518X.
  4. ^ "Institute for New Economic Thinking". Institute for New Economic Thinking. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  5. ^ ""Noncompete Clauses" Should Be Outlawed — but Not in the Name of "More Competition"". jacobin.com. Retrieved 2023-09-10.
  6. ^ Naidu, Suresh (2017-07-02). "'Inequality changes the system'". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-09-10.