Richard Parker

Lecturer in Public Policy
Senior Fellow
Shorenstein Center
Office Address
Taubman-256
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 113
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-8692
Fax: 617-495-8696
Email: richard_parker@Harvard.Edu
Assistant
Heather McKinnon (617-495-8269)
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Profile

Richard Parker is Lecturer in Public Policy and Senior Fellow of the Shorenstein Center. An economist by training, he is a graduate of Dartmouth College and Oxford University. He has worked as an economist for the UNDP, as cofounder of Mother JonesMagazine, and as head of his own consulting firm, serving congressional clients, including Senators Kennedy, Glenn, Cranston, and McGovern, among others. Parker has held Marshall, Rockefeller, Danforth, Goldsmith, and Bank of America Fellowships. His books include: The Myth of the Middle Class, a study of U.S. income distribution;Mixed Signals: The Future of Global Television News; and the intellectual biography, John Kenneth Galbraith: His Life, His Politics, His Economics. His articles have appeared in numerous academic anthologies and journals and in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, New Republic, Nation, Harper's, Le Monde, Atlantic Monthly, and International Economy, among others.

Courses

Not Offered

  • DPI-342 Religion, Politics, and Public Policy

Spring

  • DPI-132 American Presidents, Politics, & Economic Growth: A Look from WWII to Today

Media Expertise

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Op-Eds
    • Parker, Richard. "The Crisis Last Time." New York Times, November 7, 2008.
    • Parker, Richard. "A Long-Overdue Chance for Working People to Catch Up." McClatchy News, February 1, 2009.
    • Parker, Richard. "Not a Dirty Word." Newsweek, February 9, 2009.
  • Reviews
    • Parker, Richard. "Government Beyond Obama?" Review of The Case for Big Government, by Jeff Madrick New York Review of Books, 56.4, March 12, 2009: 38-41.