Lenore is an economist, lawyer, and assistant professor of economics & public policy at UMass Amherst.
I work with policymakers, organizers and advocates, economists and legal experts, and students to craft policies that rebalance power in our economy.
“Pensai a quanti giri nascosti fanno i soldi prima di diventare stipendi alti e laute parcelle.”
“I thought of how many hidden turns money takes before becoming high salaries and lavish fees.” —Elena Ferrante, Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Recent Work
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Public Equity Stakes in U.S. Economic Policymaking
I published a Working Paper that discusses public equity stakes as a key corporate ‘guardrail’ to support the public interest in industrial policymaking.
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How Stock Buybacks Fuel the Racial Wealth Gap
INET produced a short video in which I discuss how stock buybacks fuel the racial wealth gap and the broader harms of shareholder primacy.
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Electric Vehicles: How Corporate Guardrails Can Improve Industrial Policy Outcomes
As part of the Roosevelt Institute’s Industrial Policy 2025 series, I published an essay on the importance of corporate guardrails in U.S. industrial policymaking for the electric vehicle transition.
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Freedom of Association as a Key Aspect of Human Capital Management
I published a Working Paper on why institutional shareholders should consider employee freedom of association-the ability to organize with employer interference-a key aspect of human capital management.
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The Need for Corporate Guardrails in Industrial Policy
With Isabel Estevez, I have published a policy brief on how industrial policymakers should put corporate guardrails in place in order to limit the harms of shareholder primacy.