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Hassan Hakimian

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Hassan Hakimian, Director of the London Middle East Institute and Reader in Economics at SOAS, University of London, is a co-editor of Iran and the Global Economy: Petro Populism, Islam and Economic Sanctions.

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  1. Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions
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    Seven Fallacies of Economic Sanctions

    May 7, 2019 Hassan Hakimian thinks one reason such measures fail so often is that governments lack a compelling rationale for imposing them.

  2. Can Trump’s Sanctions Break Iran?
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    Can Trump’s Sanctions Break Iran?

    Sep 3, 2018 Hassan Hakimian asks what makes this round of restrictions any different from the many that came before.

  3. What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?
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    What’s Driving Iran’s Protests?

    Jan 6, 2018 Hassan Hakimian suggests that reformers have failed to manage rising economic expectations, particularly among young people.

  4. Iran’s Long Economic Journey
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    Iran’s Long Economic Journey

    May 24, 2017 Hassan Hakimian considers the economic challenges that await President Hassan Rouhani in his second term.

  5. Why Economists Missed the Arab Spring
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    Why Economists Missed the Arab Spring

    Mar 20, 2017 Hassan Hakimian criticizes conventional thinking about the relationship between political stability and prosperity.

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    Revisiting the Behavioral Revolution in Economics

    Antara Haldar assesses the legacy of the intellectual challenge to the view that rational self-interest guides our actions.
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    New AI Germ Busters Can Also Bust Unions

    Yanis Varoufakis shows how an AI-driven biomedical breakthrough could rob workers of what little power they have left.
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    Globalization’s Warring Narratives

    Harold James examines the analytical disagreements that are hampering management of an unavoidable phenomenon.
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    The Digital Economy’s New Monetary Imperative

    Piroska Nagy Mohácsi

    In a rapidly digitalizing world, central banks are staring down a future in which they may lack the tools necessary to manage crises, and in which they may no longer be able to protect their monetary sovereignty. They should recognize that digital currency is a source of institutional salvation.

     thinks governments must embrace central bank digital currencies or risk a fundamental loss of control.
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    Europe’s Climate Quandary

    Jean Pisani-Ferry assesses the inevitable trade-offs the European Union must confront in achieving its clean-energy targets.
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    Governing the Unknown

    Kaushik Basu suggests a few principles to guide policymakers as they try to keep up with rapidly advancing technologies.
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    Fast-Tracking a Lassa Fever Vaccine

    Oyeronke Oyebanji outlines what West African governments can learn from the development and distribution of the COVID-19 jab.
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    Climate Science Beats Climate Fatalism

    Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, et al. show that the more ambitious 1.5º target for global warming is still feasible – and more necessary than ever.
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    Turkey’s Pragmatic Islamist

    Shlomo Ben-Ami expects Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s latest electoral victory to have little impact on Turkish foreign policy.

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