The Schwartz Center

SCEPA is the leader in alternatives to mainstream economics. As the economic policy think tank within The New School’s Department of Economics, our projects empower policy makers to create positive change. We work to focus the public economics debate on the role government can and should play in the real productive economy- that of business, management, and labor- to raise the living standards, create economic security, and attain full employment.  SCEPA is the economic research arm of the department of economics at The New School for Social Research. Our team of faculty and research associate works from the broad and critical perspectives of post-Keynesian, neo-classical, and institutionalist schools of thought.