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Robert A. Blecker Professor Economics

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Degrees
PhD and MA, Economics, Minor in Political Science, Stanford University
Graduate Studies in Economics, Centro de Estudios Economicos y Demograficos, El Colegio de Mexico
AB, Economics, Yale University

Languages Spoken
English, Spanish
Bio
Professor Blecker鈥檚 research interests include international trade, open economy macroeconomics, global trade imbalances, economic integration in North America, the Mexican economy, the limits to export-led growth strategies in developing countries, and U.S. trade policy. His teaching fields include international economics, macroeconomics, history of economic thought, and political economy.
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Teaching

Fall 2024

  • ECON-671 International Economics: Trade

Spring 2025

  • ECON-811 Macro Political Economy

Partnerships & Affiliations


  • Research Associate


  • Fellow

Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities

Work In Progress

  • 鈥淯nited States鈥揗exico鈥揅anada Agreement (USMCA)鈥 (co-authored with Walter J. Ankner), in Mat铆as Vernengo, Esteban P茅rez Caldentey, and Jayati Ghosh, eds., The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, draft for online living reference and new print edition (London: Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming 2027)

  • 鈥淜aldorian Growth Models,鈥 draft chapter for Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth, 2nd edition, edited by Mark Setterfield, forthcoming, 2024. New chapter for 2nd edition.

  • 鈥淓xport-led Growth, Real Exchange Rates and the Fallacy of Composition鈥 (coauthored with Arslan Razmi), draft chapter for Handbook of Alternative Theories of Economic Growth, 2nd edition, edited by Mark Setterfield, forthcoming, 2024. Revised & updated chapter.

  • 鈥淭he Balance of Payments and Exchange Rates: Why Are They Important?鈥 forthcoming in Intermediate Macroeconomics: Theory, Policy and Competing Perspectives, edited by Hassan Bougrine, Louis-Philippe Rochon, and Mario Seccareccia, 2024.

  • 鈥淪tructural Change in the US Phillips Curve, 1948-2021: The Role of Power and Institu颅tions鈥 (co-authored with Mark Setterfield), Hans-B枚ckler-Stiftung, , February 2022.
  • 鈥淪luggish Capital Accumulation with a Rising Profit Share: Four Hypotheses for the Mexican Economy鈥 (co-authored with Carlos A. Ibarra), draft chapter for book in memory of Jaime Ros, to be edited by Amitava K. Dutt, Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid, Nora Lustig, and Jos茅 Antonio Ocampo, May 2020.

Policy Papers, Blogs, and Op Eds

  • 鈥,鈥澨AULA Blog, 麻豆视频作品Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS), May 11, 2018.
  • 鈥溾 Jacobin Magazine (online), Mar. 20, 2018.听[about the steel tariffs]
  • 鈥: An Alternative Policy Framework for Mexican-United States Cooperation and Economic Convergence鈥 (co-authored with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Isabel Salat), UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, ECLAC Subheadquarters in Mexico, LC/MEX/TS.2017/29, November 2017.
  • 鈥 to Foster Upward Economic Conver颅gence (co-authored with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Isabel Salat), WEA Commentaries, online newsletter, vol. 7, no. 5 (October 2017), pp. 2-6.
  • 鈥,鈥 The Conversation, July 27, 2017, online op ed.

Speeches, Interviews, and Videos

  • Lecture on, 鈥淜aldorian Growth Theory: Cumulative Insights and Emerging Limitations,鈥 5th International Workshop on Demand-led Growth, Instituto de Economia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), Brazil, July 2024 (in person).
  • 鈥溾 Presentation prepared for the 26th FMM Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 2022. (The link is to the slideshow; I was unable to attend due to personal reasons.)
  • "," Pozna艅 (Virtual) Conference on Kalecki and Kaleckian Economics, Fundacja Lipi艅skiego (Lipi艅sky Foundation) and Review of Political Economy, September 25, 2020.
  • Introductory Lecture, 鈥淎n Introduction to Post-Keynesian Theories of Distribution and Growth: Alternative Models and Empirical Findings,鈥 FMM/IMK Conference, 鈥10 Years After the Crash: What Have We Learned?,鈥 Berlin, Germany, October 2018. These links will take you directly to the and the of my lecture.
  • Speech on 鈥淭he US Economy After the Crisis: Slow Recovery or Secular Stagnation?鈥 FMM/IMK Conference on 鈥淭he Spectre of Stagnation? Europe in the World Economy,鈥 Berlin, Germany, October 2015. You can watch the and you can download my .

Honors and Awards

  • Honorable Mention for the William M. LeoGrande Award for the best book or article in Latin American or Latino Studies published by a member of the 麻豆视频作品 community for my 2022 book chapter, 鈥淢exico: Unequal Integration and 鈥楽tabilizing Stagnation,鈥欌 awarded jointly by the 麻豆视频作品Center for Latin American and Latino Studies (CLALS) and School of Public Affairs (SPA), May 2023.
  • Named a Fellow of the (FMM), 2018.
  • 麻豆视频作品Faculty Award for Outstanding Service to the University Community, 2014.
  • 麻豆视频作品Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching in a Full-time Appointment, 2005.

Selected Publications

Books

  • 听(co-authored with Mark Setterfield), Cheltenham, UK, and Northampton, MA, USA: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2019. Errata sheet

Journal Articles

  • 鈥淗ow Important is the Real Exchange Rate for Exports and Growth?鈥 European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 20, no. 2 (July 2023), 250-265 (open access), .
  • 鈥淥n Empirical Tests of Thirlwall鈥檚 Law: A Reply to Professor McCombie鈥檚 Rejoinder,鈥 Review of Keynesian Economics, vol. 11, no. 3 (July 2023), 416-426, .
  • 鈥淔eminist Perspectives on Care and Macroeconomic Modeling: Introduction to the Special Issue鈥 (co-authored with Elissa Braunstein), Feminist Economics, vol. 28, no. 3 (2022), 1-22, .
  • 鈥淣ew Advances and Controversies in the Framework of Balance-of-Payments-Constrained Growth,鈥 Journal of Economic Surveys, vol. 36, no. 2 (April 2022), 429鈥467, .
  • 鈥淪ystems Estimation of a Structural Model of Distribution and Demand in the US Econ颅omy鈥 (co-authored with Michael Cauvel and YK Kim), Cambridge Journal of Econom颅ics, vol. 46, no. 2 (March 2022), 391鈥420, .
  • 鈥淭he Rebranded NAFTA: Will the USMCA Achieve the Goals of the Trump Administra颅tion for North American Trade?鈥 狈辞谤迟别补尘茅谤颈肠补, vol. 16, no. 2 (July-December 2021), 289鈥315. .
  • 鈥淭hirlwall鈥檚 Law is Not a Tautology, But Some Empirical Tests of It Nearly Are,鈥 Review of Keynesian Economics, vol. 9, no. 2 (Summer 2021), 175鈥203, .
  • "On Multi-Sector and Multi-Technique Models, Production Functions and Goodwin Cycles: A Reply to Libman" (co-authored with Mark Setterfield), European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 17, no. 3 (November 2020), 295鈥306.
  • 鈥: People will come searching for us post-Keynesians if the political atmosphere is encouraging,鈥 by Eckhard Hein and Marc Lavoie,听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention,听vol. 15, no. 3 (November 2018), 250-258.
  • 鈥: Balance-of-Payments-Constrained Growth Reconsidered,鈥听European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 13, no. 3 (December 2016), 275-290.
  • 鈥: The Long and the Short of It,鈥澨Review of Keynesian Economics, vol. 4, no. 4 (2016), 373-390.
  • 鈥: Slow Recovery and Secular Stagnation,鈥澨European Journal of Economics and Economic Policy: Intervention, vol. 13, no. 2 (September 2016), 203-214.
  • 鈥,鈥 co-authored with Carlos A. Ibarra, Cambridge Journal of Economics, vol. 40, no. 2 (March 2016), 507-539.
  • 鈥,鈥澨齝o-authored with Carlos A. Ibarra, Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, vol. 25, no. 1 (June 2013), 33-47.
  • 鈥,鈥澨Metroeconomica, vol. 63, no. 3 (July 2012), 569-598.

Book Chapters

  • 鈥淢exico: Unequal Integration and 鈥楽tabilizing Stagnation,鈥欌 in L. Randall Wray and Flavia Dantas, eds., , London: Academic Press/ Elsevier, 2022, pp. 225-249.
  • 鈥淚nternational Trade and Development,鈥 in Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi, eds., , 2nd edition. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2021, pp. 437-468.
  • 鈥淲hat Policies Make Sense in a U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal?鈥 (co-authored with Juan Carlos Moreno-Brid and Isabel Salat), in Raul Hinojosa Ojeda and Edward Telles, eds., , Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2021, pp. 174-188.
  • 鈥淟ong-term shifts in demand and distribution in neo-Kaleckian and neo-Goodwinian models,鈥 in Hassan Bougrine and Louis-Philippe Rochon, eds., : Essays in Honour of Marc Lavoie and Mario Seccareccia, Book Two. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020,pp. 153-169.
  • 鈥淣AFTA,鈥 in Robert E. Looney, ed.,听: Country, Regional and Global Approaches,听Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2019, pp. 147-65.
  • "," in Alejandro Foxley and Barbara Stallings, eds.,听Innovation and Inclusion in Latin America: Strategies to Avoid the Middle Income Trap, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016, pp. 175-204.
  • "" in听Handbook of Post Keynesian Economics, Vol. I, edited by Geoffrey Harcourt and Peter Kriesler. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013.
  • 鈥,鈥 in听After the Great Recession: The Struggle for Economic Recovery and Growth, edited by Barry Z. Cynamon, Steven M. Fazzari, and Mark Setterfield. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • "" (co-authored with Gerardo Esquivel), in听Mexico and the United States: The Politics of Partnership, edited by Peter H. Smith and Andrew Selee. Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2013.
  • "," in听A Modern Guide to Keynesian Macroeconomics and Economic Policies, edited by Eckhard Hein and Engelbert Stockhammer. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2011.听

麻豆视频作品Experts

Area of Expertise

U.S. economy including the budget debate; international trade and finance; exchange rates, the U.S. trade deficit, global trade imbalances.

Additional Information

Blecker researches international trade, open economy macroeconomics, the value of the dollar and the U.S. trade deficit, economic integration in North America, the Mexican economy and the limits to export-led growth strategies in developing countries. His teaching areas include international economics, macroeconomics, history of economic thought, and political economy.

For the Media

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