Dr Tomás Rotta

Tomás Rotta is Lecturer in Economics in the Institute of Management Studies (IMS) at Goldsmiths, University of London. Tomás was previously Senior Lecturer in Economics in the International Business & Economics department at the University of Greenwich in London, UK, and member of the Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre (GPERC).

He holds a PhD and an MSc in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, USA, an MSc in Economic Development and a BSc in Business Management from the University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Tomás specialises in Political Economy. You can visit his personal web page for his latest publications, presentation slides, and CV.

Teaching

• Advanced Econometrics
• Applied Quantitative Economics
• Undergraduate Supervisions

Publications and research outputs

Edited Book

Vidal, Matt; Smith, Tony; Rotta, Tomas and Prew, Paul, eds. 2019. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190695545

Book Section

Prew, Paul; Rotta, Tomas; Smith, Tony and Vidal, Matt. 2019. The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx. In: Matt Vidal; Tony Smith; Tomas Rotta and Paul Prew, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 3-35. ISBN 9780190695545

Rotta, Tomas and Teixeira, Rodrigo. 2019. The Commodification of Knowledge and Information. In: Matt Vidal; Tony Smith; Tomas Rotta and Paul Prew, eds. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. New York: Oxford University Press, pp. 379-401. ISBN 9780190695545

Article

Rotta, Tomas and Kumar, Rishabh. 2024. Was Marx right? Development and exploitation in 43 countries, 2000–2014. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 69, pp. 213-223. ISSN 0954-349X

Rotta, Tomas. 2022. Information Rents, Economic Growth and Inequality: An Empirical Study of the United States. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 46(2), pp. 341-370. ISSN 0309-166X

Rotta, Tomas and Paraná, Edemilson. 2022. Bitcoin as a Digital Commodity. New Political Economy, 27(6), pp. 1046-1061. ISSN 1356-3467

Report

Rotta, Tomas. 2020. Effective Demand and Prices of Production: An Evolutionary Approach. Working Paper. MPRA Paper, Munich.

Rotta, Tomas. 2018. Effective Demand and Say's Law in Marxist Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective. Working Paper. Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, London.

Rotta, Tomas and Teixeira, Rodrigo. 2018. The Commodification of Knowledge and Information. Working Paper. Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, London.

Research Interests

1. Applications of Political Economy, econometrics, and economic modelling to current economic problems.
2. Theorisation and measurement of the growth of unproductive activities.
3. Theorisation and measurement of the commodification of knowledge and information.
4. Theories of growth and distribution, economic inequality, coordination problems, evolutionary game theory, and input-output matrices.