Mark Paul

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

How Federal Reserve policies, the recession they triggered, and broader political and economic changes weakened workers’ power and helped usher in an era of extreme inequality.

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

A string of primary victories by DSA-backed candidates and other progressives—from New York to Michigan to Florida—is giving the Democratic left new leverage while putting its ambitious economic agenda back at the center of the party’s debate.

Mark Paul is a postdoctoral associate at the Samuel DuBois Cook Center on Social Equity at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

2 articles

May/June 2019

Traditional Measures of Unemployment Are Missing the Mark

We've heard it countless times in recent media accounts: The economy is at "full employment." The

Mark Paul May 1, 2019

March/April 2017

DAPL Doesn't Make Economic Sense

The Dakota Access Pipeline imposes huge environmental and health costs, creates few jobs, and generates little government revenue.

Mark Paul Mar 1, 2017

The Political Economy of Palestine

Zapping Labor: The Sharp Rise of Income Inequality Initiated in the Early 1980s

The Left Wave That Swept Democratic Primaries

Traditional Measures of Unemployment Are Missing the Mark

DAPL Doesn't Make Economic Sense