Burton A. Abrams
Professor Emeritus of Economics, University of Delaware
Burton A. Abrams
Research Fellow
Burton A. Abrams is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, and Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Delaware. Professor Abrams received his Ph.D. in economics from The Ohio State University and he has taught at the University of Split (Croatia), University of the Western Cape (South Africa), University of Adelaide, and Nankai University (China). He has also served as Staff Economist at the Federal Trade Commission and National Fellow at the Hoover Institution.
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{content}Momala Harris and the Expanding Maternalistic State
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