Professor Khalid Kadir, continuing lecturer at UC Berkeley, discusses his unplanned journey from mechanical and civil engineering into political economy, sparked by the question of why proven wastewater treatment technologies go unused in developing countries. Together with Mike he explores methodological tensions within economics and political economy, the role of privilege and openness in intellectual discovery, and the moral foundations of justice that guide his work.

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