Ann Pettifor

Ann Pettifor
Ann Pettifor speaking at The World Transformed 2018
Born1947 (age 78–79)
Academic work
Disciplinesovereign debt, monetary economics, A Green New Deal
School or traditionKeynesian economics
InstitutionsDirector of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)
Notable ideasPredicting the 2008 financial crisis
Website

Ann Pettifor (born February 1947) is a British economist who advises governments and organisations. She has published several books. Her work focuses on the global financial system, sovereign debt restructuring, international finance and sustainable development. She was one of the leaders of the Jubilee 2000 debt cancellation campaign.

She is the director of Policy Research In Macroeconomics (PRIME) a network of economists researching Keynesian monetary theory and policies, an honorary research fellow at the Political Economy Research Centre at City, University of London (CITYPERC), Chair of the Political Economy Research Centre's Advisory Board at Goldsmiths, a fellow of the New Economics Foundation, a director of Advocacy International and a trustee of the PREP Foundation for pluralist economics. Pettifor is a member of the Green New Deal Group of economists, environmentalists and entrepreneurs.