- Information Rents, Economic Growth and Inequality: An Empirical Study of the United States 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
- Bitcoin as a Digital Commodity Rotta, Tomas and Paraná, Edemilson. 2022. Bitcoin as a Digital Commodity. New Political Economy, 27(6), pp. 1046-1061. ISSN 1356-3467
- Effective Demand and Prices of Production: An Evolutionary Approach Rotta, Tomas. 2021. Effective Demand and Prices of Production: An Evolutionary Approach. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 58, pp. 90-105. ISSN 0954-349X
- Unproductive accumulation in the USA: a new analytical framework Rotta, Tomas. 2018. Unproductive accumulation in the USA: a new analytical framework. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 42(5), pp. 1367-1392. ISSN 0309-166X
- The autonomisation of abstract wealth: new insights on the labour theory of value Rotta, Tomas and Teixeira, Rodrigo Alves. 2016. The autonomisation of abstract wealth: new insights on the labour theory of value. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 40(4), pp. 1185-1201. ISSN 0309-166X
- Modern Rent-Bearing Capital: New Enclosures, Knowledge-Rent and the Financialization of Monopoly Rights Rotta, Tomas and Teixeira, Rodrigo. 2013. Modern Rent-Bearing Capital: New Enclosures, Knowledge-Rent and the Financialization of Monopoly Rights. Jokyo, 2013(July), pp. 40-67.
- Valueless Knowledge-Commodities and Financialization: Productive and Financial Dimensions of Capital Autonomization Teixeira, Rodrigo and Rotta, Tomas. 2012. Valueless Knowledge-Commodities and Financialization: Productive and Financial Dimensions of Capital Autonomization. Review of Radical Political Economics, 44(4), pp. 448-467. ISSN 0486-6134
- A Teoria Monetária de Marx: Atualidade e Limites Frente ao Capitalismo Contemporâneo Rotta, Tomas and Paulani, Leda. 2009. A Teoria Monetária de Marx: Atualidade e Limites Frente ao Capitalismo Contemporâneo. Revista EconomiA, 10(3), pp. 609-633. ISSN 1517-7580
Dr Tomás Rotta
Staff details
Position
Senior Lecturer in Economics
Department
Institute of Management Studies
T.Rotta (@gold.ac.uk)
Links
Goldsmiths Research Centres/Groups
Tomás Rotta specialises in theoretical and applied Political Economy, with expertise in coding and quantitative methods
Tomás Rotta is Senior Lecturer and Programme Director of Economics in the Institute of Management Studies at Goldsmiths, University of London.
Tomás is a member of the Structural Economic Analysis Research Unit at Goldsmiths.
He is also webmaster and member of the management committee of the Association for Heterodox Economics.
Tomás’ CV is available on his personal website.
Academic qualifications
- Post-graduate certificate in higher education (HEA fellow) 2015
- PhD in Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA 2014
- MA in Economics, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, USA 2010
- MSc in Economic Development, University of São Paulo, Brazil 2008
- BSc in Business Management, University of São Paulo, Brazil 2004
Teaching and supervision
1) Advanced Econometrics (post-graduate and undergraduate)
2) Econometrics (post-graduate and undergraduate)
3) Applied Quantitative Economics (undergraduate)
4) Undergraduate personal tutoring
Research interests
My main research interests are:
1) Political Economy, value theory, and input-output analysis.
2) Growth and distribution.
3) Intellectual monopoly, digital assets, and the knowledge economy.
4) Computational and quantitative methods applied to contemporaneous issues.
5) Applied econometrics, modelling, and programming in R and Python.
Publications and research outputs
Edited Book
- The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx 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
- The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx 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
- The Commodification of Knowledge and Information 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
- Value Capture and Value Production in the World Economy: A Marxian Analysis of Global Value Chains, 2000–2014 Rotta, Tomas. 2025. Value Capture and Value Production in the World Economy: A Marxian Analysis of Global Value Chains, 2000–2014. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, 57(2-3), pp. 184-202. ISSN 0308-518X
- Intellectual Monopoly and Income Inequality in the United States, 1948–2021: A Long-Run Analysis Rotta, Tomas. 2024. Intellectual Monopoly and Income Inequality in the United States, 1948–2021: A Long-Run Analysis. Review of Radical Political Economics, ISSN 0486-6134
- Was Marx right? Development and exploitation in 43 countries, 2000–2014 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
Dataset
- Panel Data of Global Exploitation Rates: CSV and Parquet Files Rotta, Tomas. 2025. Panel Data of Global Exploitation Rates: CSV and Parquet Files.
Report
- Effective Demand and Prices of Production: An Evolutionary Approach Rotta, Tomas. 2020. Effective Demand and Prices of Production: An Evolutionary Approach. Working Paper. MPRA Paper, Munich.
- Effective Demand and Say's Law in Marxist Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective Rotta, Tomas. 2018. Effective Demand and Say's Law in Marxist Theory: An Evolutionary Perspective. Working Paper. Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, London.
- The Commodification of Knowledge and Information Rotta, Tomas and Teixeira, Rodrigo. 2018. The Commodification of Knowledge and Information. Working Paper. Greenwich Papers in Political Economy, London.