I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University. I am also a member of the Stanford Civics Initiative and an affiliate of the Stanford Center for Poverty and Inequality. I have been a Lecturer and a Postdoctoral Associate in Economics at New York University Abu Dhabi and a Visiting Scholar at the University of Bordeaux. I received my Ph.D. in Economics from University of Los Andes. My research centers on comparative politics, with a focus on historical political economy.

My geographical areas of specialty are Latin America and the Middle East.

I regularly contribute to different news outlets. Currently, I am a Forbes Magazine op-ed columnist. I am also the host of The Economic and Political History Podcast and The Civic Agora.

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