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David Kotz comments in a commentary about how the U.S. could end up on the wrong end of the trade war with China that President Donald J. Trump has initiated.

David Kotz comments in a commentary about how the U.S. could end up on the wrong end of the trade war with China that President Donald J. Trump has initiated. He says the trade tensions could help set off a major recession. “U.S. businesses are having a hard time figuring out the effect of the trade wars on them,” Kotz says. “Uncertainty can lead to postponing investments, which could plunge the economy into recession.” He also says the U.S. government can’t exert its will over China and allow American business to do whatever it wants. (Commondreams.org, 7/28/18)

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David Kotz comments in a commentary about how the U.S. could end up on the wrong end of the trade war with China that President Donald J. Trump has initiated.

David M. Kotz, emeritus professor of economics, comments in a commentary about how the U.S. could end up on the wrong end of the trade war with China that President Donald J. Trump has initiated. He says the trade tensions could help set off a major recession. “U.S. businesses are having a hard time figuring out the effect of the trade wars on them,” Kotz says. “Uncertainty can lead to postponing investments, which could plunge the economy into recession.” He also says the U.S. government can’t exert its will over China and allow American business to do whatever it wants. (Commondreams.org, 7/28/18)

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Faculty and grad students on “Occupy” protests

Anastasia Wilson (Photo by Diane Lederman, The Republican)

Many UMass Amherst Economics Department faculty and graduate students have participated in the “Occupy” protests that started on Wall Street and have spread internationally. Occupy protests have been held locally in Amherst, Boston and Northampton.

On Oct. 19 UMass Amherst economics professors Gerald Friedman, David Kotz, and Stephen Resnick joined colleagues Dean Robinson and Jillian Schwedler (political science), Max Page (art), and Millicent Thayer (sociology) for the first Occupy UMass Teach-In held in the Cape Cod Lounge on the UMass Amherst campus. (The Daily Collegian, 10/20/11)

Deepankar Basu (Photo by Diane Lederman, The Republican)

Nancy Folbre, UMass Amherst economics professor, writes in the Economix blog about the Occupy Wall Street movement and what it may mean for the debate about wealth distribution in the U.S. She says visiting the protestors in New York City showed her that they weren’t proposing class warfare, but were instead expressing class rage. (New York Times, 10/17/11

Graduate student Mark Paul is profiled in a story about local residents who are taking part in the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City. (Gazette, 10/11/11)

A group of UMass Amherst students held a rally outside the Student Union on Oct. 12 calling for economic justice as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Speakers at the rally included UMass Amherst economics professors Deepankar Basu and David Kotz. (Republican, 10/13/11)

UMass Amherst graduate students, including Anastasia Wilson (shown in photo), participate in the Occupy Amherst protest on the Town Common. A video of the event highlights their message. (Republican, 10/5/11)

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Kotz discusses inequality in U.S. on PBS

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On August 17 David Kotz, UMass Amherst economics professor, appeared on PBS’s The Newshour [PBS] as part of their series on inequality in the U.S. The growing income disparity in the U.S., he noted, is a major factor in explaining the economic meltdown that began in 2008. Ordinary people borrowing to maintain their living standards when wages are stagnant causes rising debt.