Tino Sanandaji (born 17 May 1980) is an Iranian–Swedish economist and author born in

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, who resides in

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, Sweden.

Early life and career

Sanandaji arrived in Sweden in 1989 with his family as a 9-year-old and grew up in

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and

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. He earned a MSc in Economics and Business Administration from

Stockholm School of Economics The Stockholm School of Economics (SSE; sv, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, HHS) is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with ...

in 2003 and a PhD from the

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at the

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in 2011. His PhD dissertation is entitled ''Essays in Entrepreneurship Policy''. As of 2017, Sanandaji works as a researcher at the Institute for Economic and Business History Research at the

. He has authored a number of scholarly articles on economics, with a focus on entrepreneurship and taxation. Sanandaji also has a blog where he publishes articles on government policy. He is especially critical of the far-right

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party. Sanandaji is a vocal critic of Sweden's policy on immigration of low-educated migrants from

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countries, but also of supporters of the anti-immigration party Sweden Democrats. He approaches the issue from an internal perspective, as both an immigrant himself and a former resident of various areas of social deprivation. According to Sanandaji, he has not conducted basic research on immigration but instead refers to research and statistics collected by other researchers. , he describes his

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as economic research and writing on immigration as an unpaid

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Author

Sanandaji has authored four books. His first two books were coauthored with

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: ''Owner taxation and entrepreneurship – on tax theory and the Swedish policy debate'' (SNS Press, 2004) and ''Institutional Entrepreneurship'' (Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 2012). He then coauthored ''SuperEntrepreneurs – and how your country can get them'' (the Centre for Policy Studies, 2014) with his brother

Nima Sanandaji Nima Sanandaji ( fa, نیما سنندجی; born June 30, 1981) is a center-right liberal-conservative Iranian-Swedish social and natural researcher. As of 2023, he has above 400 scientific mentions related to economics, social sciences, history, ...

. In February 2017, he self-published the book '' Massutmaning'' ("Mass Challenge") on Swedish immigration and integration policy. The book reached the top slot of many best-seller lists. In November 2017 his upcoming book on Swedish

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met its funding goal on

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. Sanandaji has also written several state reports on Swedish tax and entrepreneurship policy, including "Entrepreneurship conditions" for the "Experts Group on Public Finance" in the

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. He is a regular contributor to the ''

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'', and has authored articles in Swedish and American publications, including '' The American'', '' Wall-Street Journal'', '' Critical Review'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Additionally, he has been profiled in ''

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'', and interviewed by ''

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'',

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, ''

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'', and ''

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''.

Bibliography

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References

External links

Sanandaji's Web site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanandaji, Tino 1980 births Living people Swedish economists Iranian emigrants to Sweden Stockholm School of Economics alumni University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy alumni Swedish people of Kurdish descent Sanandaji family