Center for the Biology of Natural Systems/ Queens College

PAUL COONEY 820 President St. # 3C, Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 399-8336 [email protected]

EXPERIENCE

CENTER FOR THE BIOLOGY OF NATURAL SYSTEMS/ QUEENS COLLEGE

11/96-Present Research Associate

Database application development, implementation and management using primarily Filemaker Pro, SAS and Access for a cancer screening program of former nuclear workers funded by the DOE. Statistical analysis using SAS for epidemiological and other medical research. Environmental research on air transport of toxic pollutants, including dioxin, pesticides and PCBs. Environmental and economic research on the maquiladora factories in the Mexico-US border region.

PRAXIS CONSULTING COOPERATIVE

8/95-12/02 Programmer/Economist

Database application development, implementation and management using primarily Filemaker Pro, Access and Paradox, and statistical analysis using SAS and SPSS for a range of clients, including the National Labor Committee, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, the North Star Fund,. Eugene Lang College and the SEIU Legal Department.

AMERICAN EXPRESS

9/93-7/95 Programmer/Manager

SAS programming for data processing, descriptive statistics, and modeling. Used cluster analysis, discriminant analysis, and CHAID analysis for several different models for OPTIMA Marketing and Collections Departments. Management of group of programmers for the data processing and running of a model for the OPTIMA card campaigns.

ARGENTINE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

7/92-2/93 Programmer/Economist

Design and construction of a database system for Argentine economic and population data. Development of a menu-driven user interface in EXCEL for both IBM and MAC PCs. Conducted statistical analysis in SAS in order to assess government policies affecting the competitiveness of the Argentine economy.

EURAL (CENTER FOR EUROPEAN/ LATIN AMERICAN RESEARCH)

7/91-2/93 Economist

Conducted research on the Argentine economy and MERCOSUR, analyzing the implementation of neoliberal economic policies during the Menem administration. The main focus was on trade liberalization in the context of MERCOSUR, financial deregulation and privatizations.

UNITED NATIONS 10/89-6/91 Programmer/Economist

Department of International Economic and Social Analysis. Development of an international macroeconomic database system in C for PC users. Processing and cleaning of industrial, energy and population data for the Secretariat database. Conducted research on the impact of worldwide industrial shifts on energy consumption and production and subsequent impact on greenhouse gases. Development of a UNDP database in DBASE for evaluation and information extraction from Latin American project reports.

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH

7/84-9/89 Research Assistant

Design and development of a multi-year industrial database for the U.S. used for the book Measuring the Wealth of Nations by Shaikh and Tonak (see Appendix A). Tasks involved processing of BEA, NIPA and BLS data and extensive manipulations were carried out in Fortran, GAUSS and Excel in order to make the Input-Output tables compatible with Capital Stock and Depreciation data as well as NIPA data. Statistical and econometric analysis was conducted in several programs: SAS, SPSS, RATS and TSP.

CENTER FOR STUDIES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

8/85-7/86 Research Associate

Database administration, processing, cleaning and analysis of a range of historical and sociological databases. In addition, my responsibilities included training and assistance for faculty and research assistants. The computers used were both VAX and HP mini-computers as well as a range of PCs. The main programs used were SPSS, BASIC, and RBASE.

3/84-5/88 Research Consultant

Consultant for several projects researching labor, race and gender issues. Conducted analysis of income, wage, and employment trends among different demographic groups in New York City using Census data from 1960, 1970 and 1980. Empirical testing was conducted in order to examine the theoretical plausibility of Human Capital Theory as compared to Labor Segmentation Theory. (SPSS, SPSSX, SAS, JCL, VMS on mainframes and mini-computers).

6/84-6/85 Student Advisor (Economics Dept.)

Basic administrative duties; setting up M.A. and PhD. exams, advising students, organization of student services such as setting up mailboxes, producing the Department Newsletter, Orientation Guide, etc.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Spring 2003 Jointly taught a course on Globalization in Latin America with Joe Smith at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Fall 2001 Jointly taught a course on Globalization & Global Resistance with Joe Smith at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Spring 2001 Jointly taught a course on Globalization & Global Resistance with Joe Smith at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Jan/ 97-Mar/98 Taught the three volumes of Capital over 15 months at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Fall 1996 Jointly taught a course on Late Capitalism by Ernest Mandel with John Mineka at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Fall 1995 Adjunct Professor for course on Comparative Political Economy, City College, New York.

1995 Coordinated a Political Economy Workshop at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Fall 1994 Adjunct Professor for course on the Modern US Economy, City College, New York.

Fall 1992 Adjunct Professor for course on the Political Economy of Argentina/ Third Volume of Capital at Buenos Aires University (UBA).

Spring 90 Taught the Third volume of Capital over two 10 week classes at the New York Marxist School/Brecht Forum.

Summer 1985 Adjunct Professor for a course on Statistics at the New School for Social Research in the Economics Dept.

Spring 1985 SPSS Instructor New School Computer Center Introductory course on the SPSS statistical package.

Summer 1984 Adjunct Professor for a course on Statistics at the Economics Dept. at the New School for Social Research.

Spring 1984 Adjunct Professor for a Microeconomics course at the New School for Social Research at the Graduate Faculty.

EDUCATION

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH PhD. in Economics 1990

FIELDS OF CONCENTRATION Political Economy, Econometrics

DISSERTATION: COMPETITION vs. MONOPOLY: AN INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS OF THE U.S.: 1958-1977. An assessment of various theories of competition and monopoly was carried out followed by an analysis of previous empirical research. Employing Input-Output tables and other data sources at the 3-digit level, industrial profit rates and markups for the U.S. economy were calculated for the period 1958-77. An econometric analysis of the relationships between profitability, concentration, and entry barriers was then conducted across industries and time.

NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH M.A. in Economics 1985

S.U.N.Y. AT BUFFALO M.S. in Chemical Engineering 1982

M.S. Thesis: Catalytic Incineration of Toxic Waste Gases

S.U.N.Y. AT BUFFALO B.S. in Chemical Engineering 1979

PUBLICATIONS

“Towards an Empirical Measurement of International Transfers of Value ” in The New Value Controversy and the Foundations of Economics, (eds. Freeman, A. and Kliman, A. and Wells, J.) Edward Elgar, London, 2004.

With Cohen, M. et al. “Modeling the Atmospheric Transport and Deposition of PCDD/F to the Great Lakes” in Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36 No.22, 2002.

“The Mexican Crisis and the Maquiladora Boom- A Paradox of Development or the Logic of Neoliberalism?” in LATIN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES, Issue 118, Vol. 28 No. 3, May 2001.

With Cohen, M. et al. “Exposure of Endocrine Disrupters from long-range air transport of pesticides. Final Report to the Alton Jones Foundation, Nov. 17. 1997.

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

“Argentina at the Abyss” at the III Colloquium of Political Economists of Latin America in Buenos Aires, Argentina, October 16-18, 2003.

“Challenges for the Southern Cone” at the URPE Summer Conference, Connecticut, August 23-26, 2003.

“Challenging Neoliberalism and the Maquiladora Model of Development in Mexico” at the XXIV International Congress of LASA, Dallas, Texas, March 27-29, 2003.

“Mercosur and the FTAA: Who gains and who loses? ” at the Socialist Scholars Conference, New York, March 14-16, 2003.

FELLOWSHIPS/AWARDS

2002 LASA Award for Best Article in the Area of Labor and Class between 2000-2003: “The Mexican Crisis and the Maquiladora Boom- A Paradox of Development or the Logic of Neoliberalism?” in LAP, 2001.

1986-87 DAAD German Academic Exchange Service Doctoral Fellowship, Free University, Berlin.

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS Treasurer and member of the Steering Committee of the Union for Radical Political Economics.

Member of the Editorial Board of the journal Capitalism, Nature, Socialism.

Member of the Editorial Board of the Web Log Gloves Off.

LANGUAGES

Fluent in English, Spanish and German and a working knowledge of French and Portuguese.

REFERENCES Available upon request.