Heterodox
The first part of the post is about Tunisia, and the second is specifically about MMT. MMT economist Fadhel Kaboub is originally from Tunisia and is familiar with the situation there. Rosa Luxemburg StiftungModern Monetary Theory: A Tool for the Global South?Fadil Aliriza, co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Tunisian news portal Meshkal, in conversation with Dr. Fadhel Kaboub, associate professor of economics at Denison University and president of The Global Institute for Sustainable...
Read More »Bill Mitchell — The IMF and the Germans wreaking havoc in Northern Africa
Some years ago, I started collecting information about the so-called Maghreb countries, which typically refers to the region spanned by Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia, although sometimes Libya and Mauritania are also included in the aggregation. You will find it referred to as the Barbary Coast in English literature. I was interested (as a long-term project when I get old :-)) to write a book about how nations broke away from the yoke of colonialism only to fall into the hands of the IMF and...
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