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Adam Aboobaker

@adamaboobaker.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Development Economics at the University of Manchester researching growth, structural transformation, and class conflict.

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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Please see attached for a piece with Peter Skott on lessons for progressives from recent distributional dynamics in the U.S. blogs.lse.ac.uk/businessrevi...
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Lessons from Bidenomics ahead of the midterms - LSE Business Review
As minds turn to the midterms, the recent experience with “Bidenomics” ought to give progressives pause.
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
www.businessday.co.za/opinion/2025...
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ADAM ABOOBAKER: Lower inflation target — corporate influence or economic strategy?
The reasoning behind this recent policy shift is hard to follow and warrants reversal
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
The Growth and Distribution research group at the GDI is hosting a conference on the future of development economics at the end of the year. Please consider submitting an abstract/paper (further details below). Keynotes by Ravi Kanbur and Anandi Mani. blog.gdi.manchester.ac.uk/call-for-pap...
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Call for Papers: Conference on the Future of Development Economics - Global Development Institute Blog
December 11-12, 2025, University of Manchester, UK. With support from The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute Journal of Development Studies Conference Fund Keynote speakers: Ravi ...
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
A new paper co-authored with Peter Skott. We study the recent compression of wage inequality in the US, with a critical outlook on ‘running the economy hot’ and Bidenomics.
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin... Main messages: 1/
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Adam Aboobaker @adamaboobaker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Peter Skott and I have a new paper exploring cyclical patterns of employment, wage inequality and the functional distribution of income postkeynesian.net/media/workin... Main messages: 1/
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