Robert Prasch

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Robert E Prasch

Associate Professor of Economics

Warner Hall 305D

Phone: (802) 443 - 3419

Email: rprasch@middlebury.edu

Degrees, Specializations & Interests:
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, Associate Professor (2000);

Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Money & Banking.

Robert Prasch joined the faculty of the Economics Department in September 2000 as a visiting assistant professor and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley in 1992. He also has an MA in economics from the University of Denver, and a BA in history and economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder. His previous teaching positions include Vassar College, the University of Maine, and San Francisco State University.

His interests within economics are rather broad, and include the History of Economic Thought, Macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, Labor Economics, International Economics and U.S. Economic History. He teaches courses in macroeconomics, American economic history, history of economic thought, and money & banking at Middlebury.

His current research is in several areas. He is completing a book on American economic policy. A book coedited with David Colander and Falguni Sheth is forthcoming with the University of Michigan Press. In addition, he is completing a series of articles on the history of minimum wage legislation in the United States. Articles on this subject have appeared in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Review of Social Economy, and the Journal of the History of Economic Thought. I hope to complete a book on this topic over the next couple of years.

In addition to the above efforts, he has published approximately 60 articles, book chapters, and book reviews on various topics in journals such as the Review of Political Economy, Journal of Economic Issues, History of Political Economy, and other scholarly journals. These include the theory of comparative advantage, the future of the welfare state, the history of economic thought, education vouchers, and international finance. He also served on the board of editors of the Journal of Economic Issues and is currently on the board of editors of the Review of Political Economy.