James Kwak

James Kwak is vice chair of the Southern Center for Human Rights, former professor of law at the University of Connecticut, author of Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality , and co-author with Simon Johnson of White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You , and the New York Times bestseller 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown . He is also the co-author of The Baseline Scenario , a leading blog on economics...See more

James Kwak is vice chair of the Southern Center for Human Rights, former professor of law at the University of Connecticut, author of Economism: Bad Economics and the Rise of Inequality , and co-author with Simon Johnson of White House Burning: The Founding Fathers, Our National Debt, and Why It Matters to You , and the New York Times bestseller 13 Bankers: The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown . He is also the co-author of The Baseline Scenario , a leading blog on economics and public policy. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. See less