Mousa Ghaninejad (born 1951 in
Tabriz
Tabriz ( fa, تبریز ; ) is a city in northwestern Iran, serving as the capital of East Azerbaijan Province. It is the List of largest cities of Iran, sixth-most-populous city in Iran. In the Quri Chay, Quru River valley in Iran's historic Aze ...
, Iran) is a senior
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
ian economist. He has been an honorary visiting professor at the
Sharif University of Technology
Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering, ...
and is currently a faculty member of
Petroleum University of Technology
The Petroleum University of Technology ( fa, دانشگاه صنعت نفت) is an Iranian public university funded by the Ministry of Petroleum particularly by its main company, the NIOC. It was founded in 1939 in Abadan in response to the inc ...
. He was editor-in-chief of the daily economic newspaper, ''
Donya-e-Eqtesad
''Donya-e-Eqtesad'' ( fa, دنیای اقتصاد meaning "the World of Economics" in Persian) is an Iranian daily newspaper and book publisher.
History and profile
''Donya-e-Eqtesad'' was founded in October 2002, and it has been published and ci ...
''.
Contrary to most Iranian intellectuals, Ghaninejad believes in the priority of economic reform over political reform.
Education
Ghaninejad got his bachelor's degree in accounting at the
University of Tehran
The University of Tehran (Tehran University or UT, fa, دانشگاه تهران) is the most prominent university located in Tehran, Iran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as its research and teaching pro ...
, after the Islamic revolution. He then moved to Paris, where he later completed his master's and doctorate degree in economics at
Panthéon-Sorbonne University. Afterward, he continued to another doctorate there,
Epistemology of economics, but abandoned it just before defending his thesis and moved back to Tehran.
Selected bibliography
He has published books and articles mainly on philosophy, philosophy of economics, the epistemology of economics, history of economic ideas and economics and social developments in Iran; the most appraised ones include:
* Modernization and developments in Iran
* Defeat in Freedom-seeking
* Notes on Hayek and civil society
* Freedom, Economics and Politics.
See also
*
Intellectual movements in Iran
References
Living people
1951 births
University of Paris alumni
Academic staff of Sharif University of Technology
University of Tehran alumni
Iranian economists
People from Tabriz
Iranian expatriates in France
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