'Why Did Economists Fail to Predict the Arab Uprisings?' - Hassan Hakimian

28/02/2019 38 min

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Hassan Hakimian is Director of the London Middle East Institute and a Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London. He has published on Middle Eastern economies with a special focus on Iran as well as on human resources and labour markets. His most recent book (co-edited with Parvin Alizadeh) is Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions (Routledge, 2014). His current research is focused on inclusive growth in the MENA region and the economics of Arab uprisings. Hassan Hakimian is a Founding member and currently the President of the 'International Iranian Economic Association (IIEA)' and a Research Fellow and member of the Advisory Committee of the 'Economic Research Forum (ERF)' in Cairo. He is the Founder and Series Editor for the 'Routledge Political Economy of the Middle East and North Africa', which he launched in 2003 and is currently editing the Routledge Handbook on the Middle East Economy.

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