Suresh Naidu is an American economist and academic. He is a named chair professor of economics at

Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...

, as well as a professor international and public affairs. His fields of expertise are development economics, labor economics, and political economy. He has been described by the NYTimes as an economic historian. Suresh has been cited for his commentary on the work of

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, and for his argument for defining capital as 'a forward looking claim on resources'. He has also commented upon the rise of housing wealth and its implications for

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Early career

Prior to becoming a named chair and Columbia, he was a Harvard Academy Junior Scholar, and was an instructor at

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. He completed a Bachelor of Math at the

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, an MA in economics at

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, and a PhD at UC Berkeley.

Other work

Outside of formal academic writing, Naidu has contributed to various publications. He has written for the Boston Review, Jacobin, The Hindu, among other publications.

References

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