Richard Parker (born November 5, 1946) is an
economist
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The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there ar ...
from the
United States
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. He is a graduate of
Dartmouth College
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and the
University of Oxford
, mottoeng = The Lord is my light
, established =
, endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019)
, budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20)
, chancellor ...
, and has worked for the
United Nations Development Programme
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. Parker co-founded ''
Mother Jones
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'' magazine and is on the editorial board of ''
The Nation
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''. He wrote the books ''The Myth of the Middle Class'', ''Mixed Signals: the Future of Global Television News'', and ''John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics''.
Parker has held Marshall,
Rockefeller,
Danforth, Goldsmith, and
Bank of America
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fellowships; and is lecturer in
public policy
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and senior fellow at the
at
Harvard University
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's
Kennedy School of Government
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, where he teaches courses on modern macroeconomic policy, as well as on the role of religion in American politics and public policy.
In June 2008, Parker was elected the 26th President of the liberal political advocacy group
Americans for Democratic Action
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.
Americans for Democratic Action - Updates
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References
External links
Richard Parker's page at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Review by Fred Siegel of 'John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics'
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1946 births
Living people
Dartmouth College alumni
Alumni of the University of Oxford
Harvard Kennedy School faculty
21st-century American economists
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