I am Professor and Chair of theDepartment of Economics at Colorado State University. 

My research falls broadly within the classical-Marxian and post-Keynesian traditions, and focuses on economic growth, technological change, income and wealth inequality, and policy. I am especially interested in microeconomic foundations for alternative/heterodox models of growth and distribution, and in policies to improve the material conditions of working people while at the same time fostering growth and employment. 

I have published widely on these topics, and I am a co-author of Growth and Distribution, Second Edition (Harvard University Press, 2019). For a quick glance at my work, see my Google Scholar page.

Born and raised in Rome, Italy, I did my undergraduate studies at Sapienza University. I moved to the United States in 2005 to pursue a PhD at the New School for Social Research, and I have been at CSU since 2009. 

I serve or have served as Associate Editor for: Journal of Economic Surveys (until January 2024), Review of Keynesian Economics, Review of Political Economy, Review of Social Economy. I am also part of the Editorial Team of a new journal, Reviews of Economic Literature, that will launch in early 2025. 

I have been teaching a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses, both at CSU and while a PhD student at the New School.