{"id":44,"date":"2026-01-19T12:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madhusudanraj.com\/?page_id=44"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:01:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T18:01:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/madhusudanraj.com\/index.php\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">I am <span class=\"s1\"><b>Madhusudan Raj<\/b><\/span>, an economist and retired professor of economics, passionate about helping people understand how markets work and why economic freedom matters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I hold a <span class=\"s1\"><b>PhD in Economics<\/b><\/span> and a <span class=\"s1\"><b>graduate degree in Austrian Economics<\/b><\/span> from the <span class=\"s1\"><b>Ludwig von Mises Institute in the United States<\/b><\/span>, and I am an <span class=\"s1\"><b>alumnus of the Foundation for Economic Education<\/b><\/span>. 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