John Cavanagh has been Director of the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) since 1998. He directed IPS's Global Economy Program from 1983-1997. He is the co-author of 12 books and numerous articles on the global economy, most recently Development Redefined: How the Market Met Its Match, written with Robin Broad. Cavanagh led the effort to detail a new global economy in the International Forum on Globalization book Alternatives to Economic Globalization. He is co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, an organization delineating transformative visions of a new economy that serves people and the planet. Cavanagh worked as an international economist for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (1978-1981) and the World Health Organization (1981-1982). He served on the Civil Society Advisory Committee of the UN Development Program (2000-2012). He is on the boards of the International Forum on Globalization, International Labor Rights Forum, Fund for Constitutional Government, and ProgressiveCongress.org.