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Author's note
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Hi! I’m Usman Chohan, an Australia-based economist who has written 31 articles for The Conversation. I support The Conversation because it gives academics a voice in an age of shrill anti-intellectualism.
My articles in The Conversation have addressed issues as diverse as the name-blind resumé, tax reform, and
youth underemployment. I can think of nowhere else I could publish this type of evidence-based analysis without distortion or over-simplification.
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Usman W. Chohan
Doctoral Candidate, Policy Reform and Economics
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