Alexander Hertel-Fernandez

Alexander Hertel-Fernandez is an associate professor of public affairs at Columbia University and a fellow with the Roosevelt Institute. His research interests center on American political economy and recent projects include understanding new forms of worker collective action and unemployment insurance reform. His most recent book, State Capture (Oxford, 2019), examines how networks of conservative activists, donors, and businesses built organizations to successfully reshape public policy across the states and why progressives failed in similar efforts.