UC Riverside has shut down its economics research center after some University of California faculty urged an investigation into an arrangement with private consulting firm Beacon Economics to run the center, using what the faculty members described as corporate funding for reports “attacking proposals to improve the lives of working Californians.”
of the arrangement with Beacon Economics as well as faculty concern. UC Riverside spokesperson John Warren said in an emailed statement that Beacon Economics will no longer operate the research center.Warren said that UC Riverside, however, still plans to pursue a contract with Beacon to host the annual Inland Empire Economic Conference, which “has been popular and valued by the community.”
The faculty letter took issue with Thornberg’s listed title of adjunct professor on the research center’s website. Thornberg did not teach classes or appear in school faculty or other directories.UC faculty urge the university to investigate its relationship with a campus research center run by consulting firm Beacon Economics that has targeted state labor policies.
“This petition is packed full of completely false allegations about my center, about our relationship with the university and about me,” Thornberg said. Faculty members were mobilized by the Service Employees International Union,because the union disagrees with the empirical results of his research, he said.
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