North America Experts
Professor of International Economics and Finance, Graduate School of Business, University of Chicago
Much of my research has centered on the financial relationships among countries and the determinants of the flows of money, securities, goods, and services among countries. Twenty five years ago I developed the "Andy Warhol Theory of Economic Growth"—every country experiences fifteen or twenty years of rapid growth during the early period of industrialization. Financial capital flows toward...
Medical Writer and 'The Doctor's World' Columnist, New York Times; Clinical Professor of Medicine, New York University
My professional life has combined two personal interests – medicine and journalism. As the first physician to work full time for a daily newspaper, beginning in 1969, I have ventured into some novel areas of journalism, like covering the personal health of political leaders.Stories about Sen. Thomas Eagleton's history of hospitalizations and electro-shock therapy for repeated episodes of...
Professor of History, The George Washington University
For the past generation, I have specialized as a scholar in the history of race and labor in the United States. Much of my scholarly work has been in the area of African-American labor history, the history of working-class race relations, racial ideology, and the politics of civil rights. I have written, edited, or co-edited seven books. My first monograph, Waterfront Workers of New Or...
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Boston College
The recurring theme in my work is the origin and political impact of economic ideas. My 1996 article in the American Sociological Review, entitled "A True American System of Finance: Frame Resonance in the U.S. Labor Movement, 1866-1896," analyzed 19th century labor movement rhetoric concerning the problems of the American working class, focusing on conflict between "greenbacker" ideology and expe...
White House Correspondent, The New York Times; Contributing Writer, The New York Times Magazine
Peter Behr retired in January from The Washington Post, where he was the principal reporter on energy issues. From 1975-76, Mr. Behr was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He later covered business issues for The Washington Post, serving as business editor from 1987-1992. In that capacity, he also covered international trade and competitiveness and the Washington regional economy. In 1985, Mr....
Professor, Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
Fulbright Scholar; Assistant Professor of English, English Department, Faculty of Arts and Human Sciences, University of Kairouan, Tunisia
ExpertiseAnglophone studies; discourse analysis; lexicometrics; computational linguistics