Jeff Faux (born Geoffrey Faux in New York City) is the principal founder of the Economic Policy Institute and was its first president, from 1986 to 2002. He is now the Institute's Distinguished Fellow and also serves on its board of directors. Faux was educated at Queens College,

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, and

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. He is the author of ''The Servant Economy'' (Wiley, 2012), ''The Global Class War'' (Wiley, 2006), ''The Party's Not Over'' (Basic Books, 1996) and co-author of ''Reclaiming America'' (M.E. Sharpe, 1996), ''Rebuilding America'' (Pantheon, 1984) and ''The Star-Spangled Hustle'' (Doubleday, 1972). ''The Global Class War'' was translated into Spanish and Arabic. In 2009, New York Times reporter John Harwood wrote: "'The distribution of income and opportunity is likely to dominate the next stage of American politics,' Jeff Faux predicted in 'The Global Class War' in 2006. ...Then last fall, the financial crisis shoved other concerns aside and began to vindicate Mr. Faux's prediction." Faux is also a contributing editor to Dissent Magazine and

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and serves on the board of directors of Campaign for America's Future. Faux has received a Carnegie Scholar Award from the

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, the Weinberg Award from

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, a fellowship at the Harvard Institute of Politics, and an honorary doctorate from the University of New England. Prior to starting the Economic Policy Institute, he was the co-director of the Center for Economic Alternatives. He is a former economist for the U.S. Departments of

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, and former director of economic development for the U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity.

Books

* ''The Servant Economy'' (Wiley, 2012) * ''The Global Class War'' (Wiley, 2006) * ''The Party's Not Over'' (Basic Books, 1996) * ''Reclaiming America'' (M.E. Sharpe, 1996) (co-author) * ''Rebuilding America'' (Pantheon, 1984) * ''The Star-Spangled Hustle'' (Doubleday, 1972)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Faux, Jeff Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American economics writers American male non-fiction writers Writers from New York City Queens College, City University of New York alumni George Washington University alumni Harvard University alumni Economic Policy Institute