Suresh Naidu is an American economist and academic. He is a named chair professor of economics at Columbia University, as well as a professor international and public affairs.[1] His fields of expertise are development economics, labor economics, and political economy.[1] He has been described by the NYTimes as an economic historian.[2]
Suresh has been cited for his commentary on the work of Thomas Piketty, and for his argument for defining capital as 'a forward looking claim on resources'.[3] He has also commented upon the rise of housing wealth and its implications for political economy.[3]
Early career
Prior to becoming a named chair and Columbia, he was a Harvard Academy Junior Scholar, and was an instructor at UC Berkeley. He completed a Bachelor of Math at the University of Waterloo, an MA in economics at University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a PhD at UC Berkeley.[4]
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.[5][6]
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