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Finance & Financial Regulation

Our mission is to develop policies to insure that the financial industry serves workers, families, and communities, rather than the other way around —as it does now.

End Profiteering in Healthcare

Eileen Appelbaum, Rosemary Batt and Brandon Novick

July 2026

No More Bailouts

Gerald Epstein and Marc Jarsulic

July 2026

End Financial Instability to Protect Household Income and Wealth

Marc Jarsulic

July 2026

From Public Money to Public Rails: Reclaiming the Infrastructure of Money and Payments

Tonantzin Carmona

July 2026

Protecting Consumers and Our Financial System from Silicon Valley Fintechs

Hilary J. Allen

July 2026

Public Banking

Christine A. Desan

July 2026

Gerald Epstein

Co-Director, PERI; Professor of Economics, UMass Amherst

Gerald Epstein

Hilary J. Allen

American University

Hilary Allen

Eileen Appelbaum

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Eileen Appelbaum

Rosemary Batt

Cornell University

Rosemary Batt

Tonantzin Carmona

The Century Foundation

Tonantzin Carmona

Christine A. Desan

Leo Gottlieb Professor of Law, Harvard Law School

Christine A. Desan

Marc Jarsulic

Senior Research Fellow, PERI

Marc Jarsulic

Brandon Novick

Center for Economic and Policy Research

Brandon Novick

Press

Tonantzin Carmona | Tedx Talk | June 28, 2026