John Cavanagh
Fellow
Global Economy
johnc@ips-dc.org
1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC, 20036
John Cavanagh
John has a BA from Dartmouth College and a MA from Princeton University. He worked as an international economist for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1978-1981) and the World Health Organization (1981-1982). He directed IPS's Global Economy Project from 1983-1997. He is the co-author of 10 books and numerous articles on the global economy, including Development Redefined: How the Market Met Its Match (2008, Paradigm Publishers), written with Robin Broad.
Recent Work
Blog
How Occupy is Transforming Our National Conversation
November 23 - In just two months, the Occupy movement has begun to unseat an economic narrative that held sway for thirty years.
Report
America Is Not Broke
November 21 - How to pay for the crisis while making the country more equitable, green, and secure. Published in Marc Steiner Show and Democracy Now! and KPFK 90.7 (Pacifica) and Free Speech Radio News and Truthout and KBOO Portland, Oregon and WBAI 99.5 FM-Pacifica and The Salt Lake Tribune and Kansas City InfoZine and Public News Service and The Nation and Democracy for America TV and The Federal Times and Pacific Sun and The Huffington Post.
Blog
The 99 Percent Have Found Our Voice
November 4 - These are days of action in more than 400 occupied places across the nation. As we change the national conversation, we can dismantle the barriers to change.