Suresh Naidu Explained

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. 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.

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]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Suresh Naidu Columbia Economics . 2023-09-10 . en-US.
2. News: Kenigsberg . Ben . 2020-04-30 . ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’ Review: Economic History, Illustrated . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-09-10 . 0362-4331.
3. Adkins . Lisa . Cooper . Melinda . Konings . Martijn . May 2021 . Class in the 21st century: Asset inflation and the new logic of inequality . Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space . en . 53 . 3 . 548–572 . 10.1177/0308518X19873673 . 0308-518X. free .
4. Web site: Institute for New Economic Thinking . 2023-09-10 . Institute for New Economic Thinking . en.
5. Web site: "Noncompete Clauses" Should Be Outlawed — but Not in the Name of "More Competition" . 2023-09-10 . jacobin.com . en-US.
6. News: Naidu . Suresh . 2017-07-02 . ‘Inequality changes the system’ . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-09-10 . 0971-751X.