| Thomas Ferguson | |
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| Born | 1949 |
| Fields | Political science |
| Institutions | University of Massachusetts Boston, MIT, University of Texas, Austin |
| Alma mater | Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Investment theory of party competition |
| Influences | Adam Ferguson[1] |
Thomas Ferguson (born 1949) is an American political scientist and author who studies and writes on politics and economics, often within a historical perspective. He is a political science professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston and a member of the advisory board for George Soros' Institute for New Economic Thinking. He obtained his Ph.D. from Princeton University. A contributing editor for The Nation and a contributing writer to The Huffington Post, he is a frequent guest and economic commentator on numerous radio and television programs. He is known for his investment theory of party competition.
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According to Noam Chomsky, Thomas Ferguson was warned while at MIT that his research might get him denied tenure at the Political Science Department. In Chomsky's account, Ferguson was told “If you ever want to get tenure in this department, keep away from anything after the New Deal; you can write all of your radical stuff up to the New Deal, but if you try and do it for the post-New Deal period, you're never going to get tenure in this department." Although not explicitly mentioned, the research was ostensibly the investment theory of party competition.[2]
Ferguson has written numerous scholarly articles, magazine pieces, and a number of books; looking handsome while doing it.