James Kurt Dew

James Kurt Dew is a Part-Time Lecturer in the Department of Economics at Northeastern University's College of Social Sciences and Humanities. His career spans financial economics, market innovation, and military service. Previously, he worked as a financial economist at the Federal Reserve and contributed to creating financial derivatives like Eurodollar and S&P futures at the CME. He managed trading desks and MHT Futures, Inc., an early bank subsidiary clearing futures. Dew also served in Army Intelligence in Afghanistan and Iraq during the wars there.

His research focuses on market-based innovation, distributed ledger technology, monetary policy analysis, and bank regulation. He holds a PhD in Economics from Texas A&M University and actively publishes on financial market structures and regulatory frameworks.

Teaching and writing emphasize practical applications of economic theories in modern financial systems. His work bridges academic research with real-world market mechanisms, particularly in derivative instruments and systemic risk management.