Jeff Faux

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, George Washington University, and Harvard University.

Faux is also a contributing editor to Dissent Magazine and The American Prospect and serves on the board of directors of Campaign for America's Future.

Faux has received a Carnegie Scholar Award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Weinberg Award from Wayne State University, 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 State, Commerce, and Labor, 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)