The Center for Popular Economics : Economics for People, Not Profits

Occupy Chicago teamed up with the Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) to organize an “Occupy the American Economics Association” event at its annual meeting in Chicago, January 5-8. Economists streaming out of the conference hotel for lunch on the first full day of the conference were met by a large group holding signs such as “Economists — Complicit in the Financial Crisis,” “Occupy the AEA,” and “Danger! Capitalist Economists at Work!” as well as some street theater. Then, a [...] read more >

Econ4 is a new project founded by a great crew of economists, several of whom are CPE members.  Their objective is to “change both the economics profession and common-sense understanding about how the economy works and should work.”
Check out Econ4′s latest video in support of Occupy Wall Street.  For more information about the project, go to their website.

 
Occupy Economics from Softbox on Vimeo.

By CPE Member Economists Radhika Balakrishnan and James Heinz.  Posted November 4th, 2011 on Huffington Post.
Occupy Wall Street has hit a chord with people, underscoring what many see as the primary problem of the U.S. economy — the dominance of financial interests. A recent poll discovered that 43 percent of people agree with the views of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and only 27 percent disagree. Wall Street symbolizes all global financial institutions and we shouldn’t forget that it [...] read more >

 Free School University: Money, Banking, and Democracy
Occupy Boston

When: Tue, November 1, 3pm – 4pm
Where: Free School University, Dewey Square, Boston, MA (map)

One of the resources that the 99% has to draw on is the small but dedicated number of radical political economists who buck recent historic trends in their profession to research and advise as to how our economic systems could be changed so that they really serve the many, and not just the few. [...] read more >

The Center for Popular Economics stands in solidarity with the Occupy Wall St. movement. CPE economists have been doing teach-ins in NYC, Boston and Amherst. We have also developed some resource materials on important issues that have been raised by some protesters. (See links below.) The demands to abolish the Fed and to return to the gold standard are frequently heard. It is true that the Fed favors the interest of the banks, and is plagued by [...] read more >