About James Sawyer

James E. (Jim) Sawyer holds a PhD in economics from the University of Utah and has held academic appointments at West Virginia, Oregon State and Seattle Universities, Fulbright Fellowships in France and Portugal, a joint appointment with French Universite du Littoral Cote d’ Opale, and a Visiting Scholar appointment with the Nord Pas de Calais Regional Council.

In the United States, Jim held administrative and academic appointments including an endowed chair, served as advisor to a Utah Governor, taught graduate courses in finance, economic theory and organization theory, and undergraduate courses in political economy, organization leadership and civic engagement.

In Colorado, Jim produced public affairs radio programming. He writes extensively on topics related to economic doctrines, ethics, civics, moral development, and theology. He is published in France, Belgium, the United States, and Great Britain where Jim was represented in a macroeconomic paradigm challenge by the London publisher (Macmillan) that represented JM Keynes in JMK’s doctrinal challenge to conventional theories about the causes and consequences of the Great Depression.

Jim serves on the Board of World Wisdoms Project aka Northern Colorado Theologian in Residence Project. He is emeritus from Seattle University.

In high school, debated, held the male lead in the school play, and shot competitively on the rifle team
In college, majored in psychology, debated, and won a national prize in public speaking
Served two years in New Zealand as a Mormon missionary
Worked for Ogden city running employment programs for poor and hard-to-employ youth
Served an internship with the U.S. Department of Labor and the Ford Foundation
Worked as special assistant to a Utah governor
Completed a PhD in economics
Served on the faculties of West Virginia University, Oregon State University, and Seattle University
Served as faculty director of an institute interfacing a university with metro community needs
Chaired the department of political science and public administration at Seattle University
Served Fulbright fellowships in France and Portugal and held a joint appointment with a French university
Presented an extensive invited analysis of doctrinal and policy causes of the Great Recession to a Paris thinktank
Published the analysis above with JM Keynes’ original London publisher, Macmillan in London and St. Martin’s in New York: “Why Reaganomics and Keynesian Economics Failed”
Served as economic and political commentator for radio station KGNU in Boulder, Colorado.
Ran public interest websites including https:// joiningournation.com, published commentaries with The Salt Lake Tribune, and in 2023 published “What If Republicans Are Dead Wrong About Woke Capitalism?”