Ben Beachy is Research Director with Public Citizen's
Global Trade Watch. He investigates the impacts and implications of U.S. trade
policy on jobs, public interest regulation, financial stability, and democratic
policymaking. Before joining Global Trade Watch, Beachy analyzed the impacts of
U.S. trade, aid, and lending policies in Latin America for six years as a
Nicaragua-based policy analyst and as D.C.-based National Organizer for Witness
for Peace. He has also worked as a visiting research fellow with Tufts
University's Global Development and Environment Institute, investment analyst
for the Tellus Institute in Boston, agriculture researcher for ActionAid in
India, and labor rights investigator for the Worker Rights Consortium in Central
America. Beachy's published articles have focused on post-food crisis trade
policy, the impacts of U.S. and IMF policies in Latin America, and new economic
indicators to supplement GDP. Beachy received a B.A. from Goshen College and a
Master in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. Click for the article opennew.com by Rob Kall 9/26/12