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Fadhel Kaboub

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Associate Professor of Economics at Denison University, President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Author of Global South Perspectives on Substack globalsouthperspectives.substack.com

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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Finding The Money is finally available for free on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3TJ... MMT shows how a country can leverage its monetary sovereignty to pay for large scale public investments in health, education, climate action... without bankrupting itself or causing inflation/hyperinflation.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
400 episodes of my favorite podcast, Macro N Cheese. This is the 19th episode I record with Steven D Grumbine and the Real Progressives team. Take a listen! realprogressives.org/mnc-podcast-...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
My latest publication: shorturl.at/3Gnb3 In simple terms, Pan-African unity is the only comprehensive framework for the economics & geopolitics of decolonization & structural transformation, and it's the only pathway for enhancing economic sovereignty for all African countries. Details in the report
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Witness Radio @witnessradio.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Join us tomorrow at 10:00 AM EAT on Eyes on a Just energy transition program on Witness Radio as a Tunisian economist,Fadhel Kaboub challenges African leaders for failing to push for the full decolonisation of their countries but instead pose for photos at international summits. @greenpeace.eu
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jimnickola.bsky.social @jimnickola.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Excellent discussion! open.spotify.com/episode/5VDT...
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The Rise (and Fall) of the US Dollar w/ Fadhel Kaboub
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A new policy brief by Fadhel Kaboub published by the Global South Policy Hub gsphub.org/publications... @gsphub.bsky.social
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Global South Debt Crises Are Driven by Structural Debt Traps
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
A new policy brief by Fadhel Kaboub published by the Global South Policy Hub gsphub.org/publications... @gsphub.bsky.social
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Global South Debt Crises Are Driven by Structural Debt Traps
According to the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 3.4 billion people now live in countries that spend more on interest payments...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fadhel Kaboub answers questions about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Pan-African Economic Development, Structural Transformation, Monetary Sovereignty, Payment Systems, and more. youtu.be/HKZpONNg9Ko
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MMT & Pan-African Economic Development~ Fadhel Kaboub
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Fadhel Kaboub answers questions about Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) and Pan-African Economic Development, Structural Transformation, Monetary Sovereignty, Payment Systems, and more. youtu.be/HKZpONNg9Ko
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MMT & Pan-African Economic Development~ Fadhel Kaboub
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/france-east-... Fadhel Kaboub: “If the summit in Nairobi is not going to undo those old colonial relations,” he said, “then it’s just greenwashing the same old engagement with the continent.”
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
www.worldpoliticsreview.com/france-east-... Fadhel Kaboub: “If the summit in Nairobi is not going to undo those old colonial relations,” he said, “then it’s just greenwashing the same old engagement with the continent.”
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The New Postcolonial Economics with Fadhel Kaboub
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The New Postcolonial Economics with Fadhel Kaboub (New Art & Transcript!)
Money on the Left is proud to publish a remastered version of our third episode with Fadhel Kaboub, now with a new transcript and art. Kaboub is associate professor of economics at Denison and Pres…
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here is my take on the SDGs, published by UN-DESA on the SDG Blog. desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voic...
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The SDGs need more than financing. They need structural transformation.
By Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University; President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Member of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affair...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Here is my take on the SDGs, published by UN-DESA on the SDG Blog. desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voic...
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The SDGs need more than financing. They need structural transformation.
By Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University; President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Member of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affair...
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Randeep Ramesh @stillwatersrandeep.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“So, why do we expect the same economic architecture somehow to achieve the SDGs today? They simply cannot, by design, no matter how much cash, transparency, and integrity we pour into the SDG process” desapublications.un.org/un-desa-voic...
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The SDGs need more than financing. They need structural transformation.
By Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University; President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Member of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affair...
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SDGCounting @sdgcounting.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
More financing cannot close SDG gaps if the global economy keeps recreating the conditions that produce them. Fadhel Kaboub of Denison University argues that food, energy and manufacturing deficits must be addressed alongside debt and development finance. ow.ly/BF9a50ZJltb
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The SDGs need more than financing. They need structural transformation.
By Fadhel Kaboub, Associate Professor of Economics, Denison University; President, Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity; Member of the UN High-Level Advisory Board on Economic and Social Affairs (HLAB)
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vinnienoir.bsky.social @vinnienoir.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
And, of course, the issues go much much deeper still as indeed do the solutions @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social realprogressives.substack.com/p/you-cant-v...
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You Can't Vote Away Colonialism
Economist Fadhel Kaboub explains why the Global South cannot thrive without first achieving structural economic decolonization – and why MMT is essential, but not sufficient, for the task.
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Unsplintering.bsky.social @unsplintering.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
On Planet Critical podcast, Prof. Fadhel Kaboub explains traps of inflation, debt, globalisation, & financial & agricultural policies weaponised by global north to exploit global south... 3 structural traps of modern colonialism. Just Transition is possible www.planetcritical.com/p-c-archives...
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Fadhel Kaboub on Decolonise To Decarbonise
From the archives: The Economics of Modern Colonialism
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fadhel Kaboub reacts to the UN Secretary General's comments on the half a trillion dollar profits extracted from Africa by Fossil Fuel companies in the last few years. RT Interview: youtu.be/zn4orxp4LQo He briefly highlights an alternative vision based on his recent publication shorturl.at/3Gnb3
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Fadhel Kaboub reacts to the UN Secretary General's comments on the half a trillion dollar profits extracted from Africa by Fossil Fuel companies in the last few years. RT Interview: youtu.be/zn4orxp4LQo He briefly highlights an alternative vision based on his recent publication shorturl.at/3Gnb3
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
My latest interview with the Associated Press: apnews.com/article/rene... “If we form a negotiating bloc with a joint industrial policy, we can probably get better terms for technology transfer and joint ventures that could transform the continent at scale,” Kaboub said.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
My latest blog, a new report “One Voice. One Strategy” (with livestream link to watch the launch in Pretoria on Sept. 9), and a few new pieces you may have missed: globalsouthperspectives.substack.com/p/one-voice-...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Join us on Sunday September 6 at noon EDT for a panel titled “Permanent Crisis/Permanent War? Who wants it? Who benefits? Who cares?” RSVP here: shorturl.at/OS1l0
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Join us on Sunday September 6 at noon EDT for a panel titled “Permanent Crisis/Permanent War? Who wants it? Who benefits? Who cares?” RSVP here: shorturl.at/OS1l0
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Global South Policy Hub @gsphub.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Austerity measures work on paper. They fail in practice. The reality: short-term gains with long-term setbacks. New policy brief by guest expert @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social explains why short-term fixes to #GlobalSouth debt crises keep producing new ones: gsphub.org/publications... #DebtReform
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Global South Policy Hub @gsphub.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Debt crises in the #GlobalSouth aren't isolated incidents — they're the predictable outcome of an architecture that manages symptoms rather than fixing root causes. Read more insights from our new policy brief by guest expert @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social: gsphub.org/publications...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
“A world less dependent on oil would be less vulnerable to the weaponization of tanker routes, refinery disruptions, and sudden fuel-price shocks,” adding that “a renewables-based system does not make peace automatic, but it does make energy blackmail much harder.” fpif.org/a-fossil-fue...
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Global South Policy Hub @gsphub.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The world needs $2.4 trillion a year to address the climate crisis. It's getting $136.7 billion — mostly in loans. The countries least responsible for climate change are being asked to borrow their way out of it, sinking deeper into debt in the process. Learn more: gsphub.org/publications...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Check out the latest episode of the Upstream podcast on The Rise (and Fall) of the US Dollar: www.upstreampodcast.org/conversations @upstreampodcast.bsky.social
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Check out the latest episode of the Upstream podcast on The Rise (and Fall) of the US Dollar: www.upstreampodcast.org/conversations @upstreampodcast.bsky.social
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My interview last month with Juan Diego Murcia Gómez, editor of Diario La República at the Economía Para La Vida summit in Bogotá. We Discussed geopolitics, economic transformation, and South-South cooperation for a New International Economic Order: lnkd.in/dGYR4UYT
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
My interview last month with Juan Diego Murcia Gómez, editor of Diario La República at the Economía Para La Vida summit in Bogotá. We Discussed geopolitics, economic transformation, and South-South cooperation for a New International Economic Order: lnkd.in/dGYR4UYT
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Here is the recording of our "Beyond Extraction: Strategic Partnerships for Secure and Sustainable Supply Chains for the Energy Transition" session co-hosted by IRENA & the European Commission Joint Research Center at the 20th #EUSEW2026 in Brussels (June 9-11) www.youtube.com/live/9BWUvyj...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Here is the recording of our "Beyond Extraction: Strategic Partnerships for Secure and Sustainable Supply Chains for the Energy Transition" session co-hosted by IRENA & the European Commission Joint Research Center at the 20th #EUSEW2026 in Brussels (June 9-11) www.youtube.com/live/9BWUvyj...
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upstream @upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
NEW EP we're joined by @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social for a conversation about US dollar hegemony, the path that brought us here, the path that could lead us out, BRICS, china, iran, and much more
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"Africa does not need to become a replica of the West. Africa has the opportunity, and perhaps the responsibility, to help design a different civilizational model altogether; one rooted in solidarity rather than extraction...." globalsouthperspectives.substack.com/p/africa-day...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
"Africa does not need to become a replica of the West. Africa has the opportunity, and perhaps the responsibility, to help design a different civilizational model altogether; one rooted in solidarity rather than extraction...." globalsouthperspectives.substack.com/p/africa-day...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
witnessradio.org/experts-warn... In an interview with Witness Radio, Tunisian economist and President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Fadhel Kaboub, said Africa’s role in the global transition should go beyond merely supplying raw materials to industrialized countries.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
witnessradio.org/experts-warn... In an interview with Witness Radio, Tunisian economist and President of the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity, Fadhel Kaboub, said Africa’s role in the global transition should go beyond merely supplying raw materials to industrialized countries.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Check out this interview I recorded with Vianney Sydney Kizito at Witness Radio of Uganda about Africa's Just Energy Transition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0F...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Check out this interview I recorded with Vianney Sydney Kizito at Witness Radio of Uganda about Africa's Just Energy Transition. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO0F...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
sundayindependent.co.za/dispatch/202... PROFESSOR Fadhel Kaboub, renowned Tunisian-American political economist, recently gave a blunt appraisal of the stranglehold that the lingering traits of neo-colonialism continue to hold on the African continent.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
sundayindependent.co.za/dispatch/202... PROFESSOR Fadhel Kaboub, renowned Tunisian-American political economist, recently gave a blunt appraisal of the stranglehold that the lingering traits of neo-colonialism continue to hold on the African continent.
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upstream @upstreampodcast.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
NEXT WEEK: the rise (and fall) of the US dollar w/ @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
It was a pleasure speaking with Arafet Ben Marzou on Ecologia podcast. We discussed the unfinished business of structural economic decolonization, Pan Africanism, Global South joint industrial strategies, and what I call the Geopolitical Bargain of the Century. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBjE...
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
The recording is available here youtu.be/WmS1PCHNl_M?...
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Forestalling Dystopia: Stratagems for Change
YouTube video by Global Political Economy
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Here is a second Financial Times letter from one of my Monetary Theory students at Denison University, Abzal Iskakov (class of 2026): www.ft.com/content/ac4a... Letter: ECB’s stance on price stability requires action on rates now From Abzal Iskakov, Astana, Kazakhstan
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
www.larepublica.co/economia/eco... Finalmente, el economista tunecino-estadounidense Fadhel Kaboub, profesor asociado de Economía en Denison, ofreció una crítica frontal a la arquitectura económica global, que, según afirmóm sigue operando bajo principios coloniales.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
www.environewsnigeria.com/energy-trans... Kaboub described nuclear energy as a costly and dangerous “false solution” designed to reinforce global economic dependency. “The debate around nuclear energy in Africa is not fundamentally about solving Africa’s energy crisis.
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Fadhel Kaboub @fadhelkaboub.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
www.commondreams.org/opinion/new-... Sharing this op-ed I co-authored with Joab Okanda. Item number seven is serious but a bit humorous too. I promise I am not in Paris today to identify strategic locations for African military basis... or am I? 😀
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