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Triple Jeopardy: How Iran copes with sanctions, the coronavirus, and the oil price collapse

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Iran has been under severe sanctions for the last decade and has managed to keep its economy afloat. Its predicament has been worsened by additional challenges from the virus and the collapse of oil prices. This talk will examine the cumulative effect of these shocks and Iran's policy responses to them.

Djavad Salehi‐Isfahani received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1977.  He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania till 1984, before moving to Virginia Tech, where he is currently Professor of Economics.

Moderated by MEI Faculty Chair, Professor Tarek Masoud.

This seminar was conducted via Zoom Webinar, and live streamed on Facebook.

 

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In this Tuesday, March 17, 2020, photo, shoppers walk through the mostly closed Tehran's Grand Bazaar, Iran.

About

Djavad Salehi‐Isfahani received his PhD in Economics from Harvard University in 1977.  He has taught at the University of Pennsylvania till 1984, before moving to Virginia Tech, where he is currently Professor of Economics. He is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Global Economy and Development, the Brookings Institution, Research Affiliate at the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School, and Research Fellow at the Economic Research Forum (ERF) in Cairo.  He has served on the Board of Trustees of the Economic Research Forum in Cairo, the Middle East Economic Association, the International Iranian Economic Association, and as Associate Editor of the Middle East Development Journal.  His current research is on economic inequality and economics of the family in the Middle East.  His opinion pieces have appeared in Al Monitor, Brookings, Foreign Affairs, LA Times, Lobelog.com, the New York Times, and the Project Syndicate.

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