John Willoughby Professor Economics
- Degrees
- PhD, Economics, University of California at Berkeley<br>MA, Economics, Cambridge University<br>BA, History, University of Michighan
- Bio
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Professor Willoughby has recently returned from a two-year stay in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates where he helped create an undergraduate economics program at the new Â鶹´«Ã½ of Sharjah. He has also taught at the Â鶹´«Ã½ in Cairo as a visiting professor.
His teaching interests are: European Economic History, Â鶹´«Ã½ Economic History, Political Economy, History of Economic Thought.
- See Also
- For the Media
- To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.
Teaching
Fall 2024
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ECON-320 History of Economic Ideas
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ECON-351 Comparative Economic Systems
Partnerships & Affiliations
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Union for Radical Political Economics
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Review of Radical Political Economics Editorial Board
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Middle East Studies Association
Member
Scholarly, Creative & Professional Activities
Selected Publications
- "â€,ÌýReview of Radical Politics 51 (4), 2019.
- "Segmented Ferminization and the Decline of Neo-Patriarchy in the Gulf", Comparitive Studies of South Asian, Africa and the Middle East (Spring 2008).
- "Ambivalent Anxieties of the South Asian-Gulf Arab Labor Exchange", Revista de Economia Mundial 14 (2006): 31-56.
- Ìý"The Irony of Environmentalism: The Ecological Futility but Political Necessity of Life Style Changes", Ethics and International Affairs 19:3 (Fall 2005), co-authored with Paul Wapner.
- Ìý"Work Productivity When Knowledge of Different Reward Systems Varies: Report from an Economic Experiment", Journal of Economic Psychology 25 (2004): 591-600, co-authored with Richard Burchett.
- ÌýRemaking the Conquering Heroes: The Â鶹´«Ã½ Occupation of Germany, Palgrave Academic Press, 2001.
Work In Progress
AU Experts
Area of Expertise
U.S. and European economic history, foreign aid and international economic policy, methodology, workplace participation, labor issues, Middle East, political economy of higher education
Additional Information
John Willoughby is the author of the book Remaking the Conquering Heroes: The Social and Geopolitical Impact of the Early Â鶹´«Ã½ Occupation of Germany (St. Martin's Press, 2001).
For the Media
To request an interview for a news story, call AU Communications at 202-885-5950 or submit a request.