fiscal policy, Inflation, Macroeconomics, unemployment numbers
Todd A. Knoop is a Professor of Economics and Business at Cornell College. He is also the author of multiple articles as well as the books "Business Cycle Economics: Understanding Recessions and Depressions from Boom to Bust," "Global Finance in Emerging Market Economies," "Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles," "Modern Financial Macroeconomics," and "The traveling Economist." Academic History: Ph.D. in Economics, Purdue University, 1996 M.A. in Economics, Miami University, 1992 B.A. in Economics and Finance, Miami University, 1991
Associate Professor of Public Economics and Head of the Public Policy Hub (PPH)
University of PretoriaEconomics, fiscal policy, goverment spending, Municipal finance, Public finance, Public Policy
Nara Françoise Monkam is an Associate Professor of Public Economics and the Head of the Public Policy Hub at the University of Pretoria, with a specialization in Fiscal Policy. She was the Director Research at the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) for 8 years. She has had more than 10 years of experience in tax administration reforms in Africa. She has demonstrated leadership and managerial skills in leading both operational and analytical teams, through major multidisciplinary research, technical assistance, and capacity building programmes at ATAF and the African Tax Institute.