Profile
Lloyd J. Dumas, Professor of Political Economy, Public Policy and Economics was trained at Columbia University as both an economist and an engineer.
Dumas’ primary areas of research include: 1) national and international security; 2) economic transition and development; 3) human fallibility, terrorism and technological disaster; 4) environmental policy and climate change; 5) macro and micro economics of military spending.
He is currently working on research projects on: the usefulness of international economic relations and international security; a measured approach to climate change strategy; ethics and accountability mechanisms for international development consultants; and human rights and the asylum process.
Past Work Experiences
- Associate Professor of Industrial and Management Engineering, Columbia University
- Assistant Professor of Economics, CUNY
Courses
- Graduate
- World Political Economy
- Industry, Technology and Science Policy
- Macroeconomic Theory and Policy
- Undergraduate
- Principles of Economics (Macro and Micro)
- World Resources and Development
- Environmental Economics
- Intermediate Macroeconomics
Media Expertise
More than 250 TV, radio and newspaper interviews; dozens of OpEds.
publications
He has published 6 books and more than 100 articles in 11 languages in books and journals of economics, engineering, sociology, history, public policy, military studies and peace science, as well as in such newspaper/magazines as the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Science, Boston Globe, Technology Review, Defense News, and the Dallas Morning News.
He has been quoted as an authority in Time, Business Week, Financial Times, Science, Der Spiegel, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and Washington Post, among many others.
Dumas has addressed the United Nations, testified at city, state and federal government hearings, and discussed the policy implications of his work on more than 250 TV and radio programs in the U.S., formed Soviet Union, Russia, Canada, Europe, Latin America and the Pacific.
Dumas, L.J., “Weapons Procurement and Development: Do Offsets Mitigate or Magnify the Military Burden” (lead chapter) in Arms Trade and Economic Development: Theory, Policy, and Cases in Arms Trade Offsets, J. Brauer and J.P. Dunne, eds. (London: Routledge, 2004).
Dumas, L.J., “Building Security Through Democracy and Balanced Economic Relationships” Achieving Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Cost Effective Alternatives to the Military, Geoff Harris, editor (Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies, 2004.)
Dumas, L.J., “Democratization, Demilitarization and Development in Africa” Handbook of Development Policy Studies, Stuart Nagel, Gedeon M. Mudacumura, and M. Shamsul Haque eds. (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 2004).
Dumas, L.J., “Bang for the Buck: The Real Effects of Military Spending on Security”, American Economics Association Website (posted December 2004)
Dumas, L.J., “The Peacekeeping Economy: Fair Trade and Development in the Service of Pease”, Share the World’s Resources Website (posted September 2004)
Invited Lectures
World Affairs Council of Greater Dallas/HBO, Lecture and Q&A on the Millennium Development Goals in connection with the world premier screening of feature length British film, “The Girl in the Café”. (Angelika Theatre, Dallas: June 7, 2005)
Current Funded Research
Ford Foundation Grants ($411,433; October 2002-February 2007: Co-Principal Investigator (with Prof. Janine Wedel, George Mason University) for project, “Building Accountability into International Development Advising in an Age of Diffused Governance”.
- Updated: October 18, 2006
