The Fall 2025 issue of Generations Journal, “Transformative Approaches to Social Security Benefits,” features groundbreaking research from the New York Retirement and Disability Research Center (NYRDRC)

Reimagining the Economics of Late Life Institutions, Systems, and Investments
Spring 2026 Conference – May 1, 2026 | The New School, New York City

SCEPA’s quarterly review of research, ideas, and resources on retirement and older workers.

NEW YORK, NY | The Social Security Administration (SSA) has awarded The City University of New York and The New School a five-year, multimillion-dollar cooperative agreement to establish one of six national centers in the federal agency’s Retirement and Disability Research Consortium.

It is great fortune for readers when a textbook is both avant-garde and thoroughly contemporary.

Dr. Steven Pressman, Part-Time Faculty in the Economics department at The New School for Social Research, has been awarded a research grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study the history of the Eastern Economic Association.

Willi Semmler, a SCEPA Senior Fellow and NSSR Professor of Economics, has for many years argued that green bonds are a powerful tool for financing the transition to a low-carbon economy.

Happy new year, everyone. We are eager for the year ahead. Much of the work ahead of us will be built on the successes of 2022, so we want to pause and reflect a bit on some of the highlights of the past year.

As the New School community mourns the loss of Lance Taylor, a deeply respected Professor of Economics at the New School for Social Research as well as friend and mentor to many within our community, SCEPA would like to commemorate his many contributions to the Center.

This year’s materials for the G20 Summit include a SCEPA research paper co-written by Willi Semmler, the Director of SCEPA’s Economics of Climate Change project.

As a part of our #SCEPAat25 anniversary celebration, SCEPA published a new video on how we challenge traditional economic paradigms and how we impact public policy.

Critical Public Finance Mission
SCEPA’s Critical Public Finance (CPF) project investigates how the increasing financialization of municipal finance affects local government’s ability to be transparent and accountable to taxpayers as well as its effects on increasing urban inequality.

Economics of Climate Mission
SCEPA’s Economics of Climate Change project seeks to determine the consequences of climate change policy proposals on domestic and global economics and the possibilities for renewable energy.

ReLab Mission
SCEPA’s Retirement Equity Lab (ReLab) investigates the political economy of aging populations. ReLab researches the causes and consequences of the retirement crisis, including inadequate savings, eroding pension institutions, and decreasing access to and participation in effective retirement savings vehicles at work.

Continuing a 25-year tradition of providing economic insights for a more equitable society

A compendium of economic thoughts and policy recommendations in response to the coronavirus. 

SCEPA is proud to welcome three new Senior Fellows to our team, Laura Barbosa de Carvalho, Michelle Holder, and Stephanie Kelton.

On August 14th, the anniversary of the Social Security Act of 1935, the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of U.S. Congress released two reports on the weakening of the American retirement system featuring research from SCEPA.

Willi Semmler, NSSR’s Arnhold Professor of International Cooperation and Development, says his students reflect the spirit of the time and can play an active role in shaping the world of the future.