Fadhel Kaboub

Short Biography:

Fadhel Kaboub holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics (June 1999) from the University of Economics and Management of Tunis (Tunisia) with special emphasis on Money and Banking. In 2000, he moved to Kansas City where he completed a Masters of Arts in Economics at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. (UMKC) in May 2001. While at UMKC, Fadhel got interested in Post Keynesian and Institutional Economics, as well as other heterodox economic traditions. Fadhel has worked as a Research Assistant at the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability and taught intro and  intermediate level courses in economics at UMKC. Currently, Fadhel is a Ph.D. candidate in Economics and Social Science Consortium at UMKC and Adjunct Faculty in Economics at Simon's Rock College of Bard in Great Barrington, MA.  His dissertation work focuses on full employment policies for developing nations. In 2005-2006, Fadhel will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Denison University in Granville, OH.

Major Areas of Research and Teaching Interest:

• Macroeconomic Theory and Policy.
• Economic Development.
• International Law and Economics.
• Econometrics and Forecasting Techniques.
• Methodology and History of Economic Thought.

Education:

·        Ph.D. Candidate in Economics / Social Science Consortium

University of Missouri - Kansas City.

Dissertation Title: "A Roadmap for Full Employment and Price Stability in Developing Countries: The case of Tunisia"

Dissertation Advisor: Mathew Forstater

Dissertation Committee: Jan Kregel, Randall Wray, Max Skidmore, and Stephen DeLurgio.

Expected Graduation Date: July 2005.

·        Certificate of Teaching Excellence, May 2003.

University of Missouri - Kansas City

Supervisor: Stephanie Bell.

·        M.A. in Economics, May 2001.

                        University of Missouri - Kansas City
                       

·        B.S. in Economics, June 1999, with Distinction. Emphasis: Money and Banking.

Thesis: “Central Bank Independence,” approved with High Honors.
Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis           

Tunis University of Economics and Management, Tunisia.
           

·        Computer Science Certificate, October 1998.

Faculté des Sciences Economiques et de Gestion de Tunis

Tunis University of Economics and Management, Tunisia.

·        Baccalaureate Certificate, June 1995. Emphasis in Mathematics.

                        Collège Sadiki. Tunis, Tunisia.

Refereed Articles:

• "Positivist and Hermeneutic Paradigms: A Critical Evaluation under the Structure of Scientific Practice," The Sosland Journal, 2002; pp. 21-28.

Refereed Encyclopedia Entries:

• "Employer of Last Resort Schemes," in Philip O'Hara (ed.), International Encyclopedia of Public Policy: Governance in a Global Age, London, U.K.; and New York, NY: Routledge (Forthcoming 2006).
• "Money," in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, ISBN: 0-7656-8058-0 
• "Gold Standard," in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, ISBN: 0-7656-8058-0
• "Redistribution," (with Zdravka Todorova) in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, ISBN: 0-7656-8058-0
• "Wealth," (with Zdravka Todorova) in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, ISBN: 0-7656-8058-0
• "Friedrich Engels," in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) Encyclopedia of World Trade: From Ancient Times to the Present. Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe, 2005, ISBN: 0-7656-8058-0
• "Government Budgets," (with Mathew Forstater) in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO Publications, 2003, ISBN: 1-57607-866-3
• "Economic Indicators," in Cynthia Northrup (ed.,) The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, ABC-CLIO Publications, 2003, ISBN: 1-57607-866-3

Refereed Book Reviews:

• "Review of The Crisis in Economics - The Post-Autistic Economics Movement: The First 600 days, edited by Edward Fullbrook (2003)," Oeconomicus, Volume VII (April 2005): 129-131.

• "Review of Commitment to Full Employment: The Economics and Social Policy of William S. Vickrey, edited by Warner, Forstater, and Rosen (2000)," Review of Social Economy, 62 (December 2004): 543-545.
• "Review of Understanding Capitalism: Critical Analysis from Karl Marx to Amartya Sen, edited by Douglas Dowd (2002)", Review of Radical Political Economics, 36 (September 2004): 406-409.
• "Review of Veblen in Perspective: His Life and Thought, by Stephen Edgell (2001)," Journal of Economic Issues, 37 (March 2004): 279-280.
• "Review of Realistic Evaluation, by Pawson and Tilley (1997)," Social Science Journal, 41 (January 2004): 153-154.
• "Review of Reinventing Functional Finance: Transformational Growth and Full Employment, edited by Forstater and Nell (2003)," International Labour Review, 142 (Autumn 2003): 376-380.

• "Review of A New Guide to Post Keynesian Economics, edited by Holt and Pressman (2001)," Oeconomicus, Volume VI, (Winter 2003): 115-116.

Contributions to Policy Publications:

• “The Adverse Economic Impact from Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri,” (with Michael Kelsay, L. Randall Wray, Kelley Pinkham, and Mathew Forstater), A study funded by the Council for Promoting American Business, January 2004.

Non-refereed Publications:

• "Conversation with Anne Mayhew." Oeconomicus, Volume V (Fall 2001): 16-32.
• "Conversation with Stephen P. Dunn." Oeconomicus, Volume V (Fall 2001): 33-45.
• "The Demise and Rebirth of Laissez-Faire Capitalism,"  Oeconomicus, Volume IV, (Winter 2001): 83-86.
• "Conversation with Professor Alain Parguez,"  Oeconomicus, Volume IV, (Fall 2000): 7-19.
• "Conversation with  J. A. Kregel,"  Oeconomicus, Volume IV, .(Fall 2000): 21-28.
• "Is the 'General Theory' a 'Special Case'?"  Oeconomicus, Volume IV, (Fall 2000): 45-51.

Editorship:

• Provided editorial assistance to Mathew Forstater and Edward Nell (eds.) for Reinventing Functional Finance: Transformational Growth and Full Employment, Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar, 2003. (ISBN: 1-84376-1114).       

• Four edited volumes of Oeconomicus:  

                        Volume IV: Two editorials, two interviews, and eight articles (115 pages).

Volume V: Six editorials, two interviews, two book reviews, and ten articles (178 pages).

Volume VI: Seven editorials, six articles, and two book reviews (120 pages).

Volume VII: Five articles, and eleven book reviews (160 pages).

Selected Media Publications:

• "A Commitment to Feeding the Hungry of the World," Kansas City Aurora (Apr. 26, 2004). 

• "Feeding a Hungry World," Kansas City Aurora (Apr. 12, 2004). 

• "Graduating in May? Check out the job market," Kansas City Aurora (Apr. 12, 2004).

• "Labor market optimism despite surge in unemployment rate," Kansas City Aurora (Apr. 05, 2004).

• "Feb. unemployment rate stable at 5.6% as labor force participation fell to 65.9%," Kansas City Aurora (Mar. 08, 2004).

• “KC Fed economist optimistic about economic outlook,” Kansas City Aurora (Mar. 01, 2004).

• “Fed remains skeptical about the recovery,” Kansas City Aurora (Feb. 02, 2004).

• “Prevailing wage law benefits all Missourians, new study shows," Kansas City Aurora (Jan. 26, 2004).

• "Dr. King’s unanswered call for job creation," Kansas City Aurora (Jan. 19, 2004).

• "New Student Rep on the UM Board of Curators," Kansas City Aurora (Dec. 15, 2003).

• "US trade deficits hits $41.8 billion in October," Kansas City Aurora (Dec. 15, 2003).

• "Back off, or else…" Kansas City Aurora (Dec. 8, 2003).

• "U.S. Steel Tariffs are illegal, said the WTO," Kansas City Aurora (Nov. 17, 2003).

• "Why didn't employment increase at the same rate as GDP?" Kansas City Aurora (Nov. 17, 2003).
• "Productivity up, Unemployment down," Kansas City Aurora (Nov. 10, 2003).
• "Is This the Recovery?" Kansas City Aurora (Nov. 3, 2003).

• "Fed Keeps Low Rates in Fear of Deflation," Kansas City Aurora (Nov. 3, 2003).

• "American Airlines Stays in KC," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 27, 2003).
• "UMKC Salary Discrepancies," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 20, 2003).
• "Unemployment speaks louder than words," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 13, 2003).
• "Economists Plead for Pluralism and Against Orthodoxy," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 2, 2003).
• "Resource Misallocation Hurts Arts & Sciences Graduate Programs," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 5, 2003).
• "UMKC international student enrollment drops under new visa regulations," Kansas City Aurora (Oct. 5, 2003).
• "Expression of Concerns from Social Science Graduate Students," University News (Apr. 29, 2002).
• "Michael Moore and the Economics Club," Letter to the Editor, University News (Apr. 8, 2002)
• Interviewed by Sarah Cavanah, and cited in "Students Challenge Economic Model," Mother Earth News Magazine: Green Gazette (Feb/Mar. 2002): page 21.
• "Panelists Offer Social Security Solutions," University News  (Nov. 19, 2001).

Presentations and Participations in Professional Meetings:

• “A Blueprint for Post Keynesian Methodology: A Critical Realist View,” (with Morteza Ardebili), 8^th International Post Keynesian Workshop, Kansas City, MO (June 2004).
• “Household Financial Positions with and without Public Service Employment: A Social Reproduction Analysis,” (with Zdravka Todorova and Mathew Forstater), 8^th International Post Keynesian Workshop, Kansas City, MO (June 2004).
• “The Economic Impact of Repealing the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri,” (with Kelley Pinkham, Michael Kelsay, Randall Wray, and Mathew Forstater), Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) – Salt Lake City, UT (April 2004).
• "SDRM and Debt Relief for Poor Countries: Legal and Economic Issues," 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “The Adverse Economic Impact from Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri,” (with Kelley Pinkham, Michael Kelsay, Randall Wray, and Mathew Forstater), 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “Post Keynesian Theory of Investment: An Integration of Kaleckian and Keynesian Analysis,” 1^st Conference of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE), Kansas City, MO (June 2003).
• "Economic Education and Pluralism at UMKC,"  1^st Conference of the International Confederation of Associations for Pluralism in Economics (ICAPE), Kansas City, MO (June 2003).

• “The Nature of Production, Consumption, and Distribution in a Laissez-faire System,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT), Las Vegas, NV (April 2003).

• “Teaching Economics Beyond Textbooks,” Annual Conference of Phi Beta Delta, Honor Society for International Scholars, Cholula, Mexico (March 2003).

·     “Economic Analysis under the Structure of Scientific Practice: A Critical Realist View,” (with Morteza Ardebili), Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, New York City, NY (February 2003).

• "Sabotage of Production and Conspicuous Consumption: Two Sides of the Same Coin," 5th Summer School in Economic Thought and Methodology, University of Paris I - Ponteon Sorbonne, Paris, France (September 2002).

• "Production and Consumption under Vested Interests," Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT), Albuquerque, NM (April 2002).
• "Vertical and Horizontal Components of the Money Supply," 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA (March 2002).
• "The Tunisian Economy," (with Mehdi Ben Guirat) UMKC's Economics Club Meeting, Kansas City, MO (March 2002).
• "You Can't Push on a String: The Asymmetrical Effectiveness of Monetary Policy," (with Eric Embery and Mathew Forstater) Eastern Economic Association Annual Conference, Boston, MA (March 2002).
• "The Demise and Rebirth of Laissez-Faire Capitalism," 38^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economics Association. Memphis, TN (February 2002).
• "Is the 'General Theory' a 'Special Case'?" 81^st Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economics Association, Fort Worth, TX (March 2001).
• "Is the 'General Theory' a 'Special Case'?" 37^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economics Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2001).

Conference Panels Organized:

• The Economic Impact of Repealing the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri: Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT) – Salt Lake City, UT (April 2004).
• Perspectives on International Law and Economics: 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• Economic Education – Heterodox Perspectives: 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• The Economic Impact of Repealing the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri: 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).

Conference Panels Chaired:

• "International Capital," 8^th International Post Keynesian Workshop, Kansas City, MO (June 2004).
• “The Economic Impact of Repealing the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri,” Annual Meeting of the Association for Institutional Thought, Salt Lake City, UT (April 2004).
• “Perspectives on International Law and Economics,” 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “Economic Education – Heterodox Perspectives,” 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “The Adverse Economic Impact from Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law in Missouri,” 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “Monetary Theory and Policy,” 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA (March 2002).

Conference Papers Discussed:

• “Capital Market Frictions and Growth in a Small Open Economy,” by Jeremy Ascher (Duke University): 40^th Annual Meeting of the Missouri Valley Economic Association, Kansas City, MO (February 2004).
• “Comment on Economic Doctrines of Writers Associated with Polish Institutions of Higher Learning Abroad: 1945-2000, The London Eight,” by Bronislaw Wojtun (Wojtun Research Associates): 82^nd Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Economics Association. New Orleans, LA (March 2002).

Conferences Attended:

• Second Annual UMKC Black Studies Conference, Kansas City, MO, Mar. 26-27, 2004.
• Allied Social Science Associations conference, San Diego, CA, Jan. 3-5, 2004.
• Allied Social Science Associations conference, Washington D.C., Jan. 3-5, 2003.
• Seventh International Post Keynesian Workshop, University of Missouri - Kansas City (June-July 2002).
• Allied Social Science Associations conference, Atlanta, GA. Jan. 4-6, 2002.
• URPE Summer Conference 2001, Bantam, Connecticut (Aug. 2001).
• AFEE Summer School 2001, University of Missouri - Kansas City (June 2001).
• Conference on Post Keynesian Economics, Notre Dame University, South Bent, Indiana (May 2001).

Professional Memberships:

• Association for Social Economics (ASE)
• Eastern Economic Association.
• Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE).
• Association for Institutional Thought (AFIT).
• International Association for Critical Realism (IACR).
• Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE).
• Missouri Valley Economics Association (MVEA).
• Western Social Science Association.
• Southwestern Economics Association.
• Omicron Delta Epsilon  (International Honor Society in Economics)
• UMKC Economics Club
• Tunisian Economic Association (Association des Economistes Tunisiens).

Other Activities and Memberships:

• Phi Beta Delta (National Honor Society for International Scholars).
• United Nations Association - U.S.A.
• People to People International
• Students for the Social Science Consortium (UMKC).
• Model United Nations (UMKC)

Working Papers:

• "Analysis of 1993-2002 Time Series of Construction Employment in Missouri," December 2003.
• "Sovereign Debt Restructuring and Default: Legal and Economic Issues," November 2003.
• “Post Keynesian Theory of Investment: An Integration of Kaleckian and Keynesian Analysis,” May 2003.
• “The Nature of Production, Consumption, and Distribution in a Laissez-faire System: The Case of the US Steel Industry” April 2003.
• "Knapp, Lerner, Goodhart, and Moore: Differences and Commonalities on the Nature of Money," May 2002.
• "Debt Relief: For Every Bad Borrower, There is a Bad Lender," May 2002.
• "The Monterrey Consensus: Foreign Debt, Poverty, and Underdevelopment," April 2002.
• "Negative Net Resource Flows," March 2002.
• "Keynesian Multiplier Theory, and Liquidity Preference Theory of Asset Pricing: Two Sides of the Same Coin," March 2002.
• "Long-run Keynesian Growth Theory: Harrod and Domar," March 2002.
• "Keynes’s General Theory of Employment," February 2002.
• "The Role of Development in the Objectives of the United Nations," February 2002.
• "Roy Bhaskar’s Critical Realism:  A Brief Overview and a Critical Evaluation," December 2001.
• "The Administered-Price Thesis Debate: Means vs. Stigler," November 2001.
• "Money and Economic Fluctuations."   May 2001.
• "Instrumental  and Ceremonial Valuation in Institutionalist Theory." April 2001.
• "Some Notes on Capital Formation in the Institutionalist Framework." May 2001.
• "Some Notes on the Process of Institutional Adjustment." May 2001.
• "Free International Trade vs. Industrial Strategies and Trade Tactics." April 2001.
• “Production and Consumption under Vested Interests: Sabotage of Production and Pecuniary Emulation.” April 2001.
• “The Myth of Social Security Crisis.” March 2001.
• “A Rising Tide Cannot Lift All Boats.” March 2001.
• "Vertical and Horizontal Components of the Money Supply." February 2001.
• "The Demise and Rebirth of Laissez-Faire Capitalism." January 2001.
• "Keynes and Fisher advising Alan Greenspan." December 2000.
• "The US yield curve and the Future of the US Economy." December 2000.
• "Fisher’s theory of Time Preference and Keynes’ theory of Liquidity Preference." December 2000.
• "Keynes and Rational Expectations." December 2000.
• "Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis." November 2000.
• "Orthodox vs. Post Keynesian Approach to Money." November 2000.
• "New Classical and Real Business Cycle Theories." October 2000.
• "Optimal Currency Areas." October 2000.
• "Construction and Discussion of the IS-LM Model." September 2000.
• "Africa in the Dawn of the New Millennium." April 2000.
• "Old Economy - New Economy: Has the Internet Overtaken the US Economy?" March 2000.

Teaching Experience:

• Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics: Denison University (Granville, OH), 2005-2006: To teach Introduction to Macroeconomics (econ 101), International Law and Trade Policy (econ 440), and Economic Policy (econ 4xx).
• Adjunct Faculty in Economics, Simon's Rock College of Bard (Great Barrington, MA), 2004-2005: Taught Introduction to Microeconomics (econ 100), Introduction to Macroeconomics (econ 101), Money and Banking (econ 211), and International Law, Trade, and Economic Development (Econ 311).
• Lecturer: Taught Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis (Econ 301), UMKC: Winter 2004, (Summer 2003 and Summer 2004 team-taught with Mathew Forstater).
• Lecturer: Taught Introduction to Macroeconomics (Econ 201), UMKC: Fall 2002, Winter 2003, and Fall 2003 (Fall 2001 and Winter 2002 team-taught with Mathew Forstater).
• Lecturer: Taught Financial Analysis and the Economy (Econ 353), UMKC: Fall 2003 (team-taught with Michael Kelsay).
• Economics Tutor for UMKC Student Athletes (Summer 2002- present). Courses taught are Macroeconomics (intro and intermediate), Microeconomics (intro and intermediate), Money & Banking, Industrial Organizations, Monetary Theory and Policy, Econometrics and Statistics, Institutional Economics, and History of Economic Thought.

• Teaching Assistant - Introductory Macroeconomics with Professor Mathew Forstater, UMKC (August 2001- August 2002).

• Teaching Assistant - Microeconomics with Professor Frederic Lee, UMKC (August 2000- May 2001).

Teaching Awards:

• 2004 UMKC Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award (April 2004).

Academic Work Experience:

• Referee for the Review of Political Economy (March 2003-present).
• Book Proposal Reviewer, Routledge (January 2003-present).
• Economics Textbook Reviewer, Worth Publishers (April 2004-present).
• Economics Textbook Reviewer, North West Publishing (January 2003-present).
• Economics Textbook Reviewer, Addison-Wesley Economics (December 2002-present).
• Research Assistant at The Center for Full Employment and Price Stability (CFEPS), (May 2001-present)
• Editor of Oeconomicus, Economics Students-Refereed  Journal at UMKC (August 2000-present).

Non-academic Work Experience:

• Money & Technology Editor, Kansas City Aurora (August 2003-August 2004).
• Website designer and webmaster for: ODE, S3C,  Oeconomicus, UMKC Model UN, and UNA-GKC.
• Computer Lab Student Assistant, UMKC (May 2000-August 2001).
• Fund Raiser, Office of Development, UMKC (February-June 2000).
• French Tutor, Foreign Languages Department, UMKC (January  2000-present).
• Assistant in the Marketing Division at Stella d'Oro Mobili, Tunisia (Summer 1997 & 1998).
• Assistant in the Public Relations Division at Sincocer International, Tunisia. (Summer 1995 & 96).

Honors, Awards, and Fellowships Received:

• UMKC School of Graduate Studies Distinguished Dissertation Fellowship (2005-2006).
• Outstanding Leadership Award, Omicron Delta Epsilon, Zeta Chapter of Missouri, 2003-2004.
• UMKC Faculty and Staff Appreciation Award (April 2004)
• 2004 URPE Student Representative Award (January 2004).
• Winner of the Ilus W. Davis Writing Competition (First Place, Writing Intensive Division), August 2002.   
• Fellowship at the Center of Full Employment and Equity (CofFEE), University of Newcastle, Australia, July-August 2002.
• Chancellor’s Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Merit Award 2002-2003, UMKC.
• The Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education Scholarship for Studying Abroad (2001-2002,  2002-2003 and 2003-2004).
• C-FEPS Tuition Grant (Winter 2001, Fall 2001, and Winter 2002).
• Graduate Teaching Assistantship, UMKC Department of Economics, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004.
• Graduate Non-Resident Fee Remission Award, UMKC School of Graduate Studies, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, and 2003-2004.
• End-of-course Thesis Award. Tunis University of Economics and Management, June 1999.
• A total of 20 Conference Participation Grants sponsored by URPE, the Center for Full Employment and Price Stability, UMKC Department of Economics, UMKC A&S Dean’s office, the UMKC School of Graduate Studies, the Economics Club, the Doctoral Student Association, the Students for the Social Science Consortium, Omicron Delta Epsilon, and Phi Beta Delta.

Leadership Positions:

• Member of the Board of Directors, United Nations Association-Greater Kansas City (August 2003 - present).
• Treasurer, UMKC Omicron Delta Epsilon (2002-present).
• Vice-President, UMKC Phi Beta Delta (2002-present).
• President, UMKC Students for the Social Science Consortium (2002-2003).
• Secretary General, UMKC Model United Nations (2001-2002)
• Secretary, UMKC Students for the Social Science Consortium (2001-2002)

Computer Skills:

Databases, Operating Systems, Excel, Access, E-views, SAS, Limdep, SPSS, Forecast-Pro,  Quark, HTML programming, and website design.

Language Skills:

• Arabic, native language.
• French, fluent.
• English, fluent.

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