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Author = Mirjalili, Seyed Hossein
Number of Articles: 7
The Role of Economic Models and Its Challenges; A Methodological Review of Dani Rodrik’s Economics Rules
Volume 20, Issue 5 , August 2020, , Pages 327-343
Abstract
Danny Rodrik’s “Economics Rules” is a book on the methodology of economics that addresses the do’s and don’ts of modeling in economics because, in his view, models make economics a science. Rodrik’s main point in this book is that different social environments require ... Read MoreA Critical Review of the Book “Poor Economics”
Volume 19, Issue 9 , December 2019, , Pages 237-253
Abstract
Poor Economics analyzes the economic behavior of the poor. It is an application of behavioral economics to the economics of poverty and it seeks to provide an innovative solution to eight issues: hunger, health, schooling, population, risk, loans, savings and entrepreneurship of the poor using randomized ... Read MoreSupporting National Product Based on the Experience of Latin American Economies: Neo-Liberal and Neo-structural Policies
Volume 18, Issue 9 , February 2019, , Pages 273-292
Abstract
Latin American economies have followed the development of economic structure by adopting structuralist policies since 1948. Structuralism was criticized for excessive intervention in the market mechanism to support national product and the implications of import substitution, which led to the decline ... Read MoreA Critical Review of “Economic Development”
Volume 18, Issue 1 , April 2018, , Pages 275-299
Abstract
This book deals with the analysis of developing economies in Asia, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern and Central Europe which comprises about 85% of the world's population. The text is problematic and addresses the issues of developing countries in the form of a question in nineteen chapters and ... Read MoreReview and Critique of Economic Resistance: The East Asian Experience
Volume 17, Issue 9 , March 2018, , Pages 203-222
Abstract
The ability to absorb, withstand, or recover from adverse economic shocks makes the economy more resilient. East Asian economies were hit by the Asian financial crisis in 1997. Ten years later, these economies faced a global financial crisis in 2007. This time, despite an economic downturn due to capital ... Read MoreBook Review of Economic Theories of Development: An Analysis of Competing Paradigms
Volume 17, Issue 3 , September 2017, , Pages 113-133
Abstract
The text explains six main intellectual frameworks in the economic theories of development based on Cohen's paradigm. Since the publication of Thomas Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions in 1962, researchers in the natural sciences and then social sciences, particularly economic researchers tried ... Read MorePro-Poor Growth: A Book Review
Volume 17, Issue 2 , September 2017, , Pages 139-155