Thomas Ferguson

University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science

Boston, MA 02125

United States

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1.

Made in Germany: The German Currency Crisis of July, 1931

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 21 Feb 2001
Thomas Ferguson and Peter Temin
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Economics
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Great Depression, Germany Currency Crisis, German banking, Germany

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Betting on Hitler - The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany

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Betting on Hitler - The Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany

Quarterly Journal of Economics, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 02 Feb 2005
Hans-Joachim Voth and Thomas Ferguson
University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science
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Political connections, stock market, asset pricing, Nazi rise to power, interwar Germany

Betting on Hitler - the Value of Political Connections in Nazi Germany

CEPR Discussion Paper No. 5021
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 24 Aug 2005
Hans-Joachim Voth and Thomas Ferguson
University of Zurich - UBS International Center of Economics in Society and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science
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Political connections, stock market returns, market efficiency, Nazi party

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How Money Drives US Congressional Elections

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 48
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 05 Aug 2016
Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) (Formerly University of Texas-Pan American) and University of Massachusetts Boston
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Political money, regulation, elections, political economy, United States government, campaign finance

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Industrial Structure and Party Competition in an Age of Hunger Games: Donald Trump and the 2016 Presidential Election

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 66
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 16 Feb 2018
Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) (Formerly University of Texas-Pan American) and University of Massachusetts Boston
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banking and financial regulation, political economy, presidential elections, Donald Trump, America First, political parties, political money, international economic policy

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The Economic and Social Roots of Populist Rebellion: Support for Donald Trump in 2016

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 83
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 26 Dec 2018
Thomas Ferguson, Benjamin Page, Jacob Rothschild, Arturo Chang and Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University, Northwestern University and University of Massachusetts Boston
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political economy, voting, 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump, Populism, political parties, political money, international economic policy, free trade

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The American Wage Structure, 1920-1947

Levy Economics Institute Working Paper No. 249
Number of pages: 88 Posted: 21 Sep 1998
Thomas Ferguson and James K. Galbraith
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science and University of Texas at Austin - Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs
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How Much Can the U.S. Congress Resist Political Money? A Quantitative Assessment

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 109
https://doi.org/10.36687/inetwp109
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 15 May 2020 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2020
Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) (Formerly University of Texas-Pan American) and University of Massachusetts Boston
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banking and financial regulation, political economy, financial crisis, political parties, political money

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The Knife Edge Election of 2020: American Politics Between Washington, Kabul, and Weimar

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 169
Number of pages: 100 Posted: 08 Dec 2021
Thomas Ferguson, Paul Jorgensen and Jie Chen
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) (Formerly University of Texas-Pan American) and University of Massachusetts Boston
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political economy, voting, 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump, Populism, trade policy, farm policy, political money, Joe Biden, private equity

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Myth and Reality in the Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 196
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 06 Jan 2023
Thomas Ferguson and Servaas Storm
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science and Delft University of Technology - Department of Economics
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Monetary policy; fiscal policy; inflation; wealth effect; global supply chains; COVID-19; supply shocks; multipolar world economy, care economy, labor markets

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Three Comments on Storm “The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration”

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 123
https://doi.org/10.36687/inetwp123
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 15 May 2020 Last Revised: 14 Aug 2020
Joseph Halevi, Peter Kriesler, Duncan K. Foley and Thomas Ferguson
The University of Sydney - Department of Political Economy, UNSW Australia Business School, School of Economics, New School for Social Research and University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science
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social democracy, wage-led growth, profit-led growth, NAIRU economics, Europe 1945- , New Labor

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Ambivalence About International Trade in Open- and Closed-ended Survey Responses

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 162
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 03 Nov 2021
Arturo Chang, Thomas Ferguson, Jacob Rothschild and Benjamin Page
Northwestern University, University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science, Northwestern University and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Free Trade; Public Opinion; international trade; Donald Trump; opinion surveys, political economy.

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Preface to the Japanese Edition of Golden Rule

Institute for New Economic Thinking Working Paper Series No. 211
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 08 Sep 2023
Thomas Ferguson
University of Massachusetts Boston - Department of Political Science
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median voter, New Deal, political money, elections, industrial structure.