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Allison Spencer Hartnett

Allison Spencer Hartnett is a post-doctoral associate at the Leitner Program on International and Comparative Political Economy at Yale University.

Current Analysis

Making the Economy Political in Jordan’s Tax Revolts

The Jordanian citizenry remain unwilling to pay more taxes. The old system no longer works, but the way forward demands that Jordan’s leaders address the need for substantive reforms in both the economic and political systems that currently govern Jordanian lives. Any new social contract between the

Laith Fakhri Al-Ajlouni, Allison Spencer Hartnett • 9 min read