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Steven Pressman STEVEN PRESSMAN 610 Bridlemere Avenue Department of Economics Interlaken, NJ 07712 Monmouth University 732-663-0007 West Long Branch, NJ 07764 [email protected] phone: 732-571-3658 ARTICLES A. Poverty and Income Distribution "Child Poverty in America: Consequences, Causes and a Partial Solution," in A Brighter Future: Improving the Standard of Living Now and for the Next Generation, ed. D. Greenwood & R. Holt (forthcoming) [with Robert Scott] "The Effects of Consumer Debt on Childrens’ Standard of Living in the USA," in Changing Living Standards, ed. D. Figart (Routledge, forthcoming) [with Robert Scott] "The Middle Class in France: An International Perspective," The Middle Class and Public Policy, ed. V. Gimbert (forthcoming; in French) "Children and Poverty: Getting the Numbers Right and the Policy Right," Journal of Poverty (July 2013), pp. 356-373. [with Robert Scott] "Cross-national Comparisons of Poverty and Income Inequality," in The Economics of Inequality, Poverty and Discrimination in the 21st Century, ed. R. Rycroft (Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, 2013), pp. 17-37. "Household Debt and Income Distribution," Journal of Economic Issues (June 2013), pp. 323-332. [with Robert Scott] "Policies to Reduce Child Poverty: Child Allowances vs. Tax Exemptions for Children," Journal of Economic Issues (June 2011), pp. 323-332. "A Double Squeeze on the Middle Class," Journal of Economic Issues (June 2011), pp. 333-341. [with Robert Scott] "How Poor are America’s Poor? Rectifying a Gross Error," Challenge Magazine 1 (March/April 2011), pp. 109-121. "The Middle Class in Six Latin American Nations," Revista Problemas del Desarrollo, Vol. 164, #42 (January-March 2011), pp. 127-152. [in Spanish] "Consumer Debt and Poverty Measurement," Focus, Vol. 27, #1 (Summer 2010), pp. 9- 12. [with Robert Scott] "Public Policy and the Middle Class throughout the World in the mid 2000s," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 44, #1 (March 2010), pp. 243-262. Also Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper #517. "Who are the Debt Poor?," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 43, #2 (June 2009), pp. 423-432. [with Robert Scott] "Consumer Debt and the Measurement of Poverty and Inequality in the US," Review of Social Economy, Vol. 47, #2 (June 2009), pp. 127-146. [with Robert Scott] [winner of the 2008 Warren Samuels Prize and lead article] "Robert Heilbroner and the Growing Concern with Poverty in the US," Forum for Social Economics, Vol. 37, #2 (Fall 2008), pp. 77-83. [lead article] "Three Million Americans are Debt Poor," Dollars and Sense (July/August 2007), pp. 10- 13 [with Robert Scott]. Reprinted in Real World Banking and Finance, 5th ed., ed. Daniel Fireside and Amy Gluckman (Dollars and Sense, 2008), pp. 214-218. "The Decline of the Middle Class: An International Perspective," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 40, #1 (March 2007), pp. 181-200. "What Can Post Keynesian Economics Teach Us about Poverty?," Empirical Post Keynesian Economics: Looking at the Real World, ed. Richard Holt and Steven Pressman (M.E. Sharpe, 2006), pp. 21-43. "Feminist Explanations for the Feminization of Poverty," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 36, #1 (June 2003), pp. 351-360. "Explaining the Gender Poverty Gap in Developed and Transitional Economies," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 35, #1 (March 2002), pp. 17-40. "Poverty and Race," Racial and Ethnic Relations in America (Salem Press, 1999), pp. 784-788. "Poverty: Definition and Measurement," Encyclopedia of Political Economy, ed. Phil O'Hara et al. (Routledge, 1999), pp. 892-894. 2 "The Gender Poverty Gap in Developed Countries: Causes and Cures," Social Science Journal, Vol. 35, #2 (April 1998), pp. 275-286. [Also published as Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper #135] "Poverty, Income Distribution and the Luxembourg Income Study," Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 5, #1 (1995), pp. 5-12. "Poverty and Antipoverty Policy in Twentieth Century America," Choice, Vol. 31, #9 (May 1994), pp. 1393-1405. "Frontiers of Economic Knowledge: The Luxembourg Income Study," Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 17, #4 (October-December 1991), pp. 469-471. "Keynes and Antipoverty Policy," Review of Social Economy, Vol. 49, #3 (Fall 1991), pp. 365-382. "Poverty," Magill's Survey of Social Science: Economics (Salem Press, 1991), pp. 1757- 1763. "America's New Poverty Crisis," Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, Vol. 5, #2 (Summer 1990), pp. 47-55. "Comment on Peterson's 'The Feminization of Poverty'," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 23, #1 (March 1989), pp. 231-238. "The Feminization of Poverty: Causes and Remedies," Challenge (March-April 1988), pp. 57-61. Reprinted in Annual Editions: Microeconomics 91/92 (Dushkin, 1991) and in Economics 91/92 (Dushkin, 1991). B. Government Tax and Spending Policy "A Little BIG: The Gains from Family Allowances," A Basic Income Guarantee in North America?, ed. Jurgen De Wispelaere (Palgrave/Macmillan, forthcoming). "Beast of Burden: The Weight of Inequality and the Second Obama Administration," The State of the Union, ed. Clodagh Harrington (2014) "2009 Economic Stimulus Bill," in Booms and Busts (M.E. Sharpe, 2011). "Basic Income Guarantees and Social Economics," Review of Social Economy, Vol. 63, #4 (December 2005), pp. 587-593. [lead article; with Karl Widerquist and Michael Lewis] 3 "An Introduction to Basic Income Guarantees," The Economics and Ethics of the Basic Income Guarantee, ed. Karl Widerquist, Michael Lewis and Steven Pressman (Ashgate, 2005), pp. 1-10. [with Karl Widerquist and Michael Lewis] "Income Guarantees and the Efficiency-Equity Tradeoff," Journal of Socio-Economics, Vol. 33, #1 (February 2005), pp. 83-100. Reprinted in The Economics and Ethics of the Basic Income Guarantee, ed. Karl Widerquist, Michael Lewis and Steven Pressman (Ashgate, 2005). [Also published as Luxembourg Income Study Working Paper #413] "Toward Gender Equity: Strategies and Policies," International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, Vol. 17, #3 (Spring 2003), pp. 327-330. [with Nahid Aslanbeigui and Gale Summerfield; lead article] "Fiscal Policy and Work Incentives-- An International Comparison," Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 11, #3-4 (Fall 2002-Winter 2003), pp. 51-69. "E-Commerce, Equity, and the Sales Tax," Dissent (Summer 2000), pp. 49-52. "Consumption, Income Distribution and Taxation: Keynes' Fiscal Policy," Journal of Income Distribution, Vol. 7, #1 (1997), pp. 29-44. "The Feasibility of an Expenditure Tax," International Journal of Social Economy, Vol. 22, #8 (1995), pp. 3-15. [lead article] "Deficits, Full Employment and the Use of Fiscal Policy," Review of Political Economy, Vol. 7, #2 (April 1995), pp. 212-226. Translated and reprinted as "Deficits, plein emploi et utilisation de la politique budgetaire," in Vers le Plein Emploi: Pour un Renouvellement des Politiques Publiques, ed. P. Paquette and M. Seccareccio (Les Presses de l’Universite de Montreal, 1998). "The Composition of Government Spending: Does It Make Any Difference?," Review of Political Economy, Vol. 6, #2 (April 1994), pp. 221-239. "Tax Expenditures for Child Exemptions," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 27, #3 (September 1993), pp. 699-719. "Child Exemptions or Family Allowances: What Sort of Antipoverty Program for America?," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 51, #3 (July 1992), pp. 257-272. [lead article] "The $1000 Question: A Tax Credit to End Child Poverty?," Challenge, Vol. 35, #1 (January-February 1992), pp. 49-52. 4 "The Myths and Realities of Tax Bracket Creep," Eastern Economic Journal, Vol. 13, #1 (January-March 1987), pp. 31-39. "A Tale of Two Taxpayers: The Effects of the Economic Recovery and Tax Act of 1981," Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. 9, #2 (Winter 1986-1987), pp. 226- 236. "Why Not a Flat Tax!," Review of Business, Vol. 8, #1 (Summer 1986), pp. 4-8. [lead article] C. Post Keynesian Economics and Macroeconomics "Minsky Moment," in Real World Decision Making: An Encyclopedia of Behavioral Economics, ed. Morris Altman (Praeger, forthcoming) "Institutionalism," Elgar Companion to Post Keynesian Economics, 2nd edition, ed. John King (Edward Elgar, 2012), pp. 300-304. "Microeconomics After Keynes: Post Keynesian Economics and Public Policy," American Journal of Economics and Sociology (April 2011), pp. 511-539. Reprinted in Social, Methods, and Microeconomics: Contributions to Doing Economics Better, ed. Fredrick Lee (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011), pp. 210-238. "Productivity," in Booms and Busts (M.E. Sharpe, 2011). "Inequality and the Economic Crisis—the Productivity Nexus," in Consequences of Economic Downturn, ed. Martha Starr (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011), pp. 83-101. "Federal Reserve System," Historical Encyclopedia of American Business and Finance (Salem Press, 2009), pp. 299-302. "A Time to Return to Keynes," Critical Perspectives on International Business, Vol. 5, #1/2 (2009), pp. 157-161. "John Kenneth Galbraith and the Post Keynesian Tradition in Economics," Review of Political Economy, Vol. 20, #4 (October 2008), pp. 475-490. [lead article] Reprinted in The Legacy of John Kenneth Galbraith, ed. Steven Pressman (Routledge, 2011), pp. 1-15. "Nicholas Kaldor and Cumulative Causation: Public Policy Implications," Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. 42, #2 (June 2008), pp. 367-373 [with Richard Holt]. Revised and expanded and reprinted in Circular and Cumulative Causation, ed. Sebastian Berger (Routledge, 2009), pp. 77-90. 5 "Expanding the Boundaries of the Economics of Crime," International Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 37, #1 (Spring 2008), pp. 78-100. "A Prolegomena
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