Dr. Lloyd Dumas is a Professor of Political Economy, Economics, and Public Policy in the School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences at the University of Texas at Dallas.

He is an expert in many areas, including the economics of peace, economic conversion, the macroeconomics of military spending, climate change and economic solutions, human reliability pertaining to dangerous technologies, economic development and international economic consultancy accountability.

Lloyd has committed his career to studying the affects of military/defense spending on the economy. He has served on the boards of SANE (Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy) and Economists for Peace and Security

Lloyd has been quoted as an authority by Time, BusinessWeek, Science Magazine, Der Spiegel, Chicago Tribune, Christian Science Monitor, and the Washington Post, the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, International Herald Tribune, Boston Globe, Technology Review, Defense News, Dallas Morning News and the Baltimore Sun.