Education
PhD Economics, University of Utah, 2004.
MSc Economics, University of Utah, 1998
BA Public Finance, Hacettepe University (Turkey), 1992.
Research
Fields of Specialization:
(1) Political Economy
(2) Econometrics
Fields of Interest and Research:
(1) Political Economy, History of Economic Thought, Macroeconomics and Money: Real-financial sector connection; Classical-Keynesian monetary analysis of market economies; effective demand and circulation of money; theories of production and money in Marx, Keynes, and Kalecki's writings.
(2) Health Economics, Social Policy, and Development Economics: Social determinants of and inequities in health; disparities in access to and utilization of health care services; organizational and financial aspects of health care systems; development and macroeconomics of social policy (especially health care and pensions).
(3) Teaching Economics: Developing a heterodox curriculum for undergraduate teaching of economics; integration of previous research areas into undergraduate and graduate level teaching economics.
Selected Publications
Turkey's Environment and Public Health in the Neoliberal Age: An Inconvenient Truth, Turkish Studies Association Journal (Forthcoming in Spring-2009).
Competition Among Health Plans and Women's Use of Preventive Care: A Multilevel Analysis, International Journal of Health Services (Forthcoming).
Circulation and Effective Demand: A Comment on Nell,, (with Mark Lautzenheiser) The Cambridge Journal of Economics, (July) Vol. 30, No: 4, pp. 651-656, 2006.
Teaching Macroeconomics by Bringing Marx into the Classroom, (with Mark Lautzenheiser) Review of Radical Political Economics (Summer) Volume 37, No. 3, pp. 329-339, 2005.