M. Shahid Alam

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M. Shahid Alam is a professor of economics at Northeastern University, Boston. His writings have appeared in leading economic journals, including Economic Development and Cultural Change, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Development Economics, American Economic Review, Cambridge Journal of Economics, Studies in Contemporary Islam and Kyklos; in popular newspapers and web sites including Dissident Voice.org, Counterpunch, Al Ahram, Commondreams.org, Dawn, Holiday, Asia Times, Scoop, and Outlook India; in literary journals, including Chicago Review, Marlboro Review and Beloit Poetry Journal. He has published many books including Poverty from the Wealth of Nations (Macmillan, 2000), Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies (Praeger: 1989), and Is There An Islamic Problem (Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press, 2004).

Professor Alam was born in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. He holds a BA from the University of Dhaka, MA from the University of Karachi, and Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario.

He lives in a suburb of Boston. He is the brother of famous Pakistani fighter pilot M. M. Alam.

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Books

Challenging the New Orientalism: Dissenting Essays on the "War Against Islam". (Jan 1, 2007)
Is there an Islamic problem? : essays on Islamicate societies, the US, and Israel. (2004)
Poverty From the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760. (Jun 10, 2000)
Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies: Lessons From Korea, Taiwan, and Japan. (Jun 12, 1989)
The basic macroeconomics of an oil economy (Discussion paper / Applied Economics Research Centre, University of Karachi). (1980)
Complete list of his works, at WorldCat