At the Dukakis Center, Bluestone has led research projects on housing, local
economic development, state and local public finance, and the manufacturing sector in
Massachusetts. At the School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs, he has co-taught the
Open Classroom Policy Series, a graduate seminar on critical social issues open free to
the public each semester. As a political economist, Bluestone has written widely in the
areas of income distribution, business and industrial policy, labor-management relations,
higher education finance, and urban and regional economic development. He contributes
regularly to academic, as well as popular journals, and is the author of ten books. As
part of his work, Bluestone spends a considerable amount of time consulting with trade
unions, with industry groups, and with various federal and state government agencies.

Articles

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Goodbye to the Management Rights Clause, Labor Research Review (1989)

[Excerpt] After the organization of the UAW, it could plausibly be argued that the union...

 

Presentations

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A new "grand bargain" for the commonwealth, Dukakis Center Presentations (2009)
 

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Housing and the U.S. economy, Dukakis Center Presentations (2009)
 

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What's up with the economy?, Dukakis Center Presentations (2009)
 

Reports

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The greater Boston housing report card 2011: housing’s role in the ongoing economic crisis (with Chase Billingham), Dukakis Center Publications (2011)
 

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Toward a new grand bargain: collaborative approaches to labor-management reform in Massachusetts (with Thomas A. Kochan), Dukakis Center Publications (2011)
 

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Maintaining diversity in America’s transit-rich neighborhoods: tools for equitable neighborhood change (with Stephanie Pollack and Chase Billingham), Dukakis Center Publications (2010)
 

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The greater Boston housing report card 2010: taking stock in an uncertain time (with Chase Billingham, Jessica Casey, and Anna Gartsman), Dukakis Center Publications (2010)
 

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After the recovery: help needed: the coming labor shortage and how people in encore careers can help solve it (with Mark Melnik), Dukakis Center Publications (2010)
 

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