Alí Bustamante
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| Born | 1985 (age 38–39) Masaya, Nicaragua |
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Alí R. Bustamante (born 1985) is an American economist and policy expert who is the deputy director of the Worker Power and Economic Security program at the Roosevelt Institute, where he specializes on public policies that structure markets around both economic and social value and empower Americans through the provision of public goods and stronger labor protections.[1]
Early life and education
Bustamante was born in Masaya, Nicaragua and raised in the Little Havana neighborhood of Miami, FL. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree, a Masters degree, and a PhD from the University of Miami.
Career
His work focuses on the economic implications of wage, collective bargaining and workforce development policies on workers and marginalized communities. He is a media commentator on economic and policy issues who has been cited and published by radio, print and Internet outlets such as the The New York Times, USA Today, NPR, CNN, Forbes, The Nation, Barron's, The Christian Science Monitor, and other publications.
In 2018, Bustamante served as the chief economist of the Louisiana Workforce Commission (formerly the Louisiana Department of Labor), where he served on the research teams of the Resilient Louisiana Commission, the Louisiana Early Childhood Care and Education Commission, and the Louisiana Health Works Commission.[2]
In 2019, he joined the Stacey Abrams think tank venture focused on policy research and innovation across 12 Southern states.[3]
In 2020, Bustamante took the role of deputy director of the Roosevelt Institute's Education, Jobs, and Worker Power program. His research centered on student debt cancellation's impact on racial wealth equity and labor markets.[4] [5]
Bustamante has served as faculty at the University of New Orleans, Florida International University, Loyola University New Orleans, and Miami Dade College.
He has collaborated with various nonprofit and labor organizations, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and the Center for Reproductive Rights.
References
- ↑ Roosevelt Institute. "Meet the Roosevelters: Alí R. Bustamante". Roosevelt Institute. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ Buggs, Clarence. "Chief Economist for the Louisiana Workforce Commission, Dr. Ali Bustamante, Talks About the Sthat of Labor & the Continued Drop in Unemployment". Clarence Buggs Archives. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ Bluestein, Greg. "Stacey Abrams launches new Southern policy project". Politics (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution). Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ Warren, Elizabeth. "Warren, Schumer, Pressley Release New Analysis Showing that Resuming Student Loan Payments Will Strip $85 Billion from the Economy in 2022". Senator Elizabeth Warren Press Release. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
- ↑ Belsie, Laurent. "For workers, labor shortage means new leverage – and higher pay". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2023-04-26.
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