Sarah Anderson
IPS Fellow Sarah Anderson's current work includes conducting research and writing on the impact of the international financial institutions, free trade, and investment policies on inequality, poverty, environmental sustainability, and human rights; research on executive compensation, particularly in the defense industry, and strategies for narrowing the pay gaps between CEOs and workers; and research to document how poverty in impoverished countries undermines jobs and the environment in the United States.
Sarah has written numerous studies, articles and books on global corporations and the social and environmental impacts of trade and investment liberalization. She sits on the steering committee of the Alliance for Responsible Trade and served on the staff of the International Financial Institutions Advisory Commission (“Meltzer Commission”), which presented their recommendations for World Bank and IMF reform to the U.S. Congress in 2000.
Prior to coming to IPS in 1992, Sarah was a consultant to the U.S. Agency for International Development (1989-1992) and an editor for the Deutsche Presse-Agentur (1988). She holds a Masters in International Affairs from The American University and a BA in Journalism from Northwestern University.
Recent Work
Op-Ed
People Power Pushed the New Deal
June 22 - Roosevelt didn’t come up with all those progressive programs on his own. Published in Common Dreams and Grassroots Netroots Alliance and Truthout and YES! Magazine.
Speech
Testimony, 'Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements'
May 29 - Sarah Anderson's testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, subcommittee on trade.
Op-Ed
Why Not Send My Tax Check Directly to Wall Street Execs?
April 14 - The hard-earned income taxes of ordinary citizens are paying for the bloated, unearned paychecks of bailout CEOs. Published in Common Dreams.