John Roemer

Emeritus John Roemer is the Elizabeth S. and A. Varick Professor of Political Science and Economics at Yale University. He is a Fellow of the Econometric Society, and has been a Fellow of the Guggenheim Foundation and the Russell Sage Foundation. His research concerns political economy, and distributive justice. He is currently teaching Political Competition and a Workshop in Political Economy. Publications include: Political Competition, Harvard University Press, 2001; Equality of Opportunity, Harvard University Press, 1998; Theories of Distributive Justice, Harvard University Press, 1996.

Roemer received his Ph.D. in Economics, University of California, Berkeley.