Dušan Pavlović (economist)
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Dušan Pavlović ( sr-cyrl, Душан Павловић; born 10 April 1969) is a Serbian political economist, political analyst, author, former politician and active musician. He is a professor at the Faculty of Political Sciences of the
University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...
. Pavlović previously worked at the G17 Institute. He was an advisor to
Saša Radulović Saša Radulović ( sr-Cyrl, Саша Радуловић, or ; born 7 June 1965) is a Serbian politician and economist who served as the Minister of Economy (Serbia), minister of economy from 2013 to 2014.Biografije novih ministara. Врем ...
during his tenure as
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, from 2013 to 2014. He later co-founded Enough is Enough, a
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organisation. He was elected member of the
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in 2016 and served until his resignation in 2018. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Pavlović was the guitarist for the popular
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band
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.


Early life and education

Pavlović was born on 10 April 1969 in
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,
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,
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. He moved with his mother to Belgrade in 1981. Between 1989 and 1994, while a student in Belgrade, Pavlović was a founder member of doo-wop band ''
Vampiri Vampiri ( sr-cyr, Вампири, trans. ''The Vampires'') are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1987. Originally a nine-piece band, Vampiri gained the attention of the Yugoslav public at the beginning of 1990s with their ...
''. He played a rhythm guitar. He received his bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Political Sciences at the
University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...
in 1994, and master and PhD degrees from the
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in Budapest in 1997 and 2003, respectively. Since 2005, he has taught political economy with public choice at the Faculty of Political Science in Belgrade, where he currently holds the title of a professor. His areas of interest are political economy of democratic institutions, and rational and public choice theory.


Career


Musical career

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, Pavlović was the guitarist for the Serbian and Yugoslav band
Vampiri Vampiri ( sr-cyr, Вампири, trans. ''The Vampires'') are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1987. Originally a nine-piece band, Vampiri gained the attention of the Yugoslav public at the beginning of 1990s with their ...
, which enjoyed large popularity with their 1950s-influenced
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and
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sound. Pavlović recorded three albums with the group, ''Rama lama ding dong'' (1991), ''Tačno u ponoć'' (''High Midnight'', 1991) and ''Be-be'' (''Ba-bies'', 1993), before leaving the band and retiring from the music scene.


Research

Between 1996 and 2005, he worked at the Institute for European Studies (1996–2001), the G17 Institute (2001–2003), and the Jefferson Institute in Belgrade (2004–2005). His academic works include ''Consolidation of Democratic Institutions in Serbia after 2000'' (2007), ''Writings in Political Economy'' (2010), and ''Game Theory: Basic Games and Applications'' (2014). He authored a number of articles in
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and other newspapers from 2001 to 2013. He had a blog on public policy and theoretical issues, named Political Blogonomy.


Politics

Between September 2013 and January 2014, Pavlović was an advisor to the minister of economy, position held by his friend
Saša Radulović Saša Radulović ( sr-Cyrl, Саша Радуловић, or ; born 7 June 1965) is a Serbian politician and economist who served as the Minister of Economy (Serbia), minister of economy from 2013 to 2014.Biografije novih ministara. Врем ...
, in the government dominated by
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's
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. When Radulović resigned after falling out with Vučić, Pavlović did the same. Together, they formed neoliberal populist Enough is Enough movement, advocating the changes in Serbian political culture and the break-up of political cartels in Serbia, which has eventually raised to the level of a political party. In the
2016 Serbian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 24 April 2016. Initially, the election were originally due to be held by March 2018, but on 17 January 2016 Prime Minister of Serbia, Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić called for a snap election cla ...
, the movement won 6% of the popular vote and 16 seats in the
National Assembly of Serbia The National Assembly ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Народна скупштина, Narodna skupština, ), fully the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia (), is the unicameral legislature of Serbia. The assembly is composed of 250 deputies who are ...
. Pavlović, who was second on the list, became a member of the National Assembly on 2 June 2016. Pavlović left Enough is Enough on 1 November 2018, and submitted the resignation to the Serbian Assembly on 13 November 2018. From 5 November until his resignation, he headed the Politics Should be Different parliamentary group.


Money Wasting Machine

In April 2016, he published a book titled ''Mašina za rasipanje para. Pet meseci u ministarstvu privrede'' for the publisher Dan Graf, which is half-theoretical, half-biographical account of the five months he spent as an advisor to the minister of economy, Saša Radulović. The book sold 1,000 copies within less than two months. Dan Graf added another 1,000 copies in mid-June 2016. The third updated edition in another 600 copies came out in October 2018 with the new chapter on neoliberalism in Serbia. The CEU Press printed the English version of this book in Summer 2022.


References


External links


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