Muhammad Shahid Alam is a Pakistani economist, academic, and social scientist. He is a professor of economics at

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. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, London.

Background

Alam was born to a Muhajir Family in 1950 in Dhaka, East Pakistan, moving to West Pakistan in 1971Cihan Aksan, ''State of Nature''
On Islam: An Interview with M. Shahid Alam
/ref> following the creation of Bangladesh from East Pakistan. He holds a BA from the University of Dhaka, an MA from the University of Karachi, and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario. (1979) His brothers are, the Pakistan Air Force flying ace, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam and particle physicist M. Sajjad Alam.

Career

Alam's academic writings focus, among other things, on the economic effects of Western foreign and economic policies on formerly colonized states. He writes critically about the present-day global wealth disparities produced by Western policies. He draws attention to the pro-capitalist ideological intent and Eurocentric biases of mainstream economics. An outspoken opponent of U.S. policies in the Middle East and the Global South, He has published many books, including # ''Poverty from the Wealth of Nations'' (Macmillan, 2000), # ''Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies'' (Praeger: 1989), # ''Is There An Islamic Problem'' (Kuala Lumpur: The Other Press, 2004, republished in 2007 as ''Challenging the New Orientalism'', IPI: 2007), # and most recently, ''Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism'' (Palgrave Macmillan: 2009). He is also a regular contributor to '' CounterPunch'' magazine.

Books

*''Israeli Exceptionalism: The Destabilizing Logic of Zionism'' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009). *''Challenging the New Orientalism: Dissenting Essays on the "War Against Islam"'' (IPI, 2007). *''Is there an Islamic problem? : essays on Islamicate societies, the US, and Israel'' (The Other Press, 2004). *''Poverty From the Wealth of Nations: Integration and Polarization in the Global Economy since 1760'' (Macmillan, 2000). *''Governments and Markets in Economic Development Strategies: Lessons From Korea, Taiwan, and Japan.'' (Praeger, 1989).

References

External links

Faculty Page at Northeastern University
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alam, M. Shahid Northeastern University faculty University of Karachi alumni University of Dhaka alumni Pakistani economists Living people People from Dhaka People from Karachi Pakistani emigrants to the United States Year of birth missing (living people) University of Western Ontario alumni Fellows of Pakistan Academy of Sciences Pakistani people of Bihari descent American academics of Pakistani descent