Ashoka Mody
Ashoka Mody | |
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Born | PhD) | 14 January 1956
Information at IDEAS / RePEc |
Ashoka Mody (born 14 January 1956)visiting professor in international economic policy and lecturer in public and international affairs at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.[2]
Education
Mody studied
PhD in Economics from Boston University in 1986.[3]
Career
He briefly joined
fiscal austerity as a means to resolve credit crises.[4]
He was the chief IMF representative to Ireland during Ireland's
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 reforms.[6]
He is also affiliated with
Bruegel in Brussels.[7]
Attempt on Mody's life
In October 2009 as Mody returned to his home in Bethesda, Maryland when he was shot multiple times whilst in his car by a masked gunman who then fled on foot. Police issued an arrest warrant for Mohau Mercy Mathibe who worked for a trial period at the IMF under Mody.[8][9] The assailant was suspected to be denied a promotion, leaving him embittered enough to commit the crime.[10]
Personal life
Mody is married and has two children.[8]
Bibliography
- Mody, Ashoka (2014). Foreign Direct Investment and the World Economy. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415654876.
- Mody, Ashoka (2018). EuroTragedy: A Drama in Nine Acts. OUP USA. ISBN 978-0199351381.
- Mody, Ashoka (2023). India Is Broken A People Betrayed, Independence to Today. Redwood City: Stanford University Press. OCLC 1354208737.
See also
- Post-2008 Irish banking crisis
- Ireland as a tax haven
- Economic Adjustment Programme for Ireland
- Post-2008 Irish economic downturn
References
- ^ "Mody, Ashoka". Library of Congress. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
data sheet (b. 1/14/56)
- ^ "Profile: Ashoka Mody". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Princeton University. Archived from the original on 2 December 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Biography: Ashoka Mody". Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University. Princeton University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Newenham, Pamela; Crosbie, Judith (22 July 2013). "IMF distances itself from Ashoka Mody comments on Ireland". The Irish Times. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ "Noonan dismisses Ashoka Mody comments on debt writedown". Irish Times. 16 February 2015.
- ^ "Warning that Ireland faces huge economic threat over corporate tax reliance - Troika chief Mody says country won't be able to cope with changes to tax regime". Irish Independent. 9 June 2018.
- ^ "Profile: Ashoka Mody". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ a b Morse, Dan (9 October 2010). "Man shot in garage identified as IMF economist". Washington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Davis, Bob (5 January 2010). "IMF worker sought in attack". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
- ^ Datta, Kanika (20 January 2023). "Why economist Ashoka Mody feels India needs to rethink its priorities". www.business-standard.com. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
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