Episode 8 - Economics and Personal Finance with Dr. Jerry Hionis, Jr.

Debt Free Muslim Podcast Episode 8

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Jerry Hionis holds a PhD from Temple University located in Philadelphia, PA. His primary research is in conflict theory with an emphasis on civil conflicts and Warlord-like competition. Other research interests include game theory, economic development, Islamic economic theory and history, political theory and African economics. He is also a professor at Temple University.

In this podcast we discuss:

How Dr. Jerry Hionis got into his field of Economics
How does Economics affect us individually?
Information on Islamic microeconomics
The differences between economics and personal finance
Economics of Warlords and conflicts
The history economics of interest and usury in Judeo-Christian and Islam
The types of riba/usury
The history of Islamic economics

Links in the podcast:

Jerry Hionis
Past and Current Academic Research by Jerry Hionis
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