M. Shahid Alam

M. Shahid Alam
Born	Dacca, East Pakistan
Residence	Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Citizenship	Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Fields	Economics
Institutions	University of Karachi Northeastern University
Alma mater	University of Karachi University of Dhaka University of Western Ontario

Muhammad Shahid Alam is a Pakistani economist, academic, and social scientist. He is a professor of economics at Northeastern University. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Institute for Policy Research & Development, London.

Alam was born in East Pakistan, moving to Pakistan in 1971 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 PAF flying ace, Air Commodore Muhammad Mahmood Alam and particle physicist M. Sajjad Alam.

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.

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