John Cavanagh has been Director of the Institute for Policy Studies since 1998. He is the co-author of 11 books on the global economy, most recently Alternatives to Economic Globalization: A Better World is Possible (with 18 others, Berrett-Koehler, November 2002).
Cavanagh holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MA from Princeton University. He was an international economist at the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1978-1981) and the World Health Organization (1981-1982). Between 1983 and 1997, he was director of the Global Economy program at IPS.
Cavanagh's other books include: Global Dreams: Imperial Corporations and the New World Order (with Richard J. Barnet) and Plundering Paradise: The Struggle for the Environment in the Philippines (with Robin Broad). He has written hundreds of articles in such publications as the Washington Post, the New York Times, Foreign Policy, and The Nation.
Cavanagh serves on the boards of several organizations, including the Alliance for Responsible Trade, the International Forum on Globalization, the International Labor Rights Fund, the International Relations Center, the Transnational Institute, the Fund for Constitutional Government, and the Transnational Research and Action Center. He co-chairs the Civil Society Committee of the United Nations Development Program.
Articles written by this Advisory Committee Member for FPIF
London Econ Summit: Born of Good Intentions, But Ends in Disastrous Results
Apr 3, 2009
Swear Off Market Fundamentalism
Nov 14, 2008
World Bank Should Not Be Solving Food Crisis
Oct 13, 2008
Development Redefined
Sep 24, 2008
Just Security Budget
Jul 5, 2007
Just Climate Policy
Jun 28, 2007
Top 10 Reasons Why Paul Wolfowitz Was a Great World Bank President
May 19, 2007
Truth, Justice, and the Un-American Way
Dec 5, 2006
After the FTAA: Lessons from Europe for the Americas
Jun 23, 2005
DESPUÉS del ALCA: Lecciones de Europa para las Américas
Jun 23, 2005
History of the Movement
Jan 25, 2002
Bush and the Trade Agenda
Jan 1, 2001
U.S. Leadership in the Global Economy
Jul 1, 1999
International Trade Overview
May 1, 1997
A New Foreign Policy Agenda 1997-1998
Feb 1, 1997
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