Hossein Mahdavy is an Iranian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social sciences, social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this ...

and

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

known for

rentier state In current political-science and international-relations theory, a rentier state ( or ) is a state which derives all or a substantial portion of its national revenues from the economic rent paid by foreign individuals, concerns or governments. ...

theory. After Mahdavy's work on rentier states, rentierism became a common conception for analyzing some developing states like Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE and Venezuela. He studied at Oxford and Harvard Universities.

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