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Lecture by Dr. Fadhel Kaboub

The Political Economy of the Jasmine Revolution: Tunisia's Struggle for Prosperity and Dignity

When:   Thu Mar 17 • 4:00 pm

Where:   Clark Auditorium, Fisher Science and Academic Center

Contact Name: Chris Coggins

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Contact Phone: 413-528-7282

Dr. Fadhel Kaboub is Assistant Professor of economics at Denison University (OH) and Research Associate at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College (NY), the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability (MO), and the International Economic Policy Institute (Ontario, Canada). Dr. Kaboub’s research is in the Post Keynesian and Institutionalist tradition in the fields of macroeconomic theory and policy, monetary theory and policy, and economic development, with a particular emphasis on job creation programs and social justice through full employment. Dr. Kaboub's regional expertise is on the economies of the United States and the Middle East and North Africa (especially Tunisia). His work has been published in the Journal of Economic Issues, Review of Radical Political Economics, Review of Social Economy, International Journal of Political Economy, and International Labour Review. He has been a member of the editorial board of the Review of Radical Political Economics since 2006, and has been the book review editor of the Heterodox Economics Newsletter since 2007.