The Economic Features and Consequences of Modern Authoritarianism
hosted by Professor
Michael G. Plummer
Simon Commander
Altura Partners & Independent Economics
Simon Commander is Managing Partner of Altura Partners providing strategic and economic policy advice to governments and companies in emerging economies.
Previously Commander was Senior Adviser at the World Bank in Washington DC (1988-1998) and then at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in London (1998-2011). He has also held faculty positions at London Business School (LBS), IE Business School in Madrid, and the University of Cambridge. He holds an MA from Oxford University and a PhD from Cambridge University.
His recent publications include
The Connections World: The Future of Asian Capitalism (with S. Estrin), published by Cambridge University Press in 2022. His latest book,
The Economics of Modern Authoritarianism and its Curious Allure (with S. Estrin), will be published by the University of Chicago Press in 2026.
