Topher McDougal is Professor of Economic Development in the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, The Huffington Post, The Atlantic and Americas Quarterly.
The US homicide rate is far above the rate of other nations.
Many people in Gaza are reliant on the United Nations and other international aid groups to meet their basic needs, like food and medical care. A scholar of peace and conflict economics explains why.
Topher McDougal is Associate Professor at the Kroc School of Peace Studies at the University of San Diego. Following his article published in Vision of Humanity called "How black markets have adapted to - and shaped - the COVID-19 crisis", Kroc School Associate Professor Austin Choi-Fitzpatrick interviewed him to learn more.