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Fields of Specialization and Research
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Fields of Specialization:
- Political Economy
- Econometrics
Fields of Interest- Political Economy & History of Economic Thought
- Macroeconomics & Money
- Health Economics & Social Policy
- Development Economics
- Teaching Economics
Research:
(1) Political Economy, History of Economic Thought, Macroeconomics and Money:Real-financial sector connection; Classical-Keynesian monetary analysis of market economies; effective demand and circulation of money; theories of production and money in Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki's writings.
(2) Health Economics, Social Policy, and Development Economics: Social determinants of and inequities in health; organizational and financial aspects of health care systems; globalization, development and macroeconomics of social policy (especially health care and pensions); The interaction among state, development and social policy; gender and social and economic policies; neoliberal globalization and transformation of the state and social and economic policies in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA).
(3) Teaching Economics: Developing a heterodox curriculum for undergraduate teaching of economics; integration of previous research areas into undergraduate and graduate level teaching economics.