Tens of thousands of Iranians have been protesting the government over the last few weeks in large part over the country’s bad economy and a recent jump in the prices of basic goods. The crisis seems to be growing as many are calling for the ouster of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, among others. Host Dan Loney talks with Philip Nichols, Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, Nader Habibi, Professor of Economics at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis University, and Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Professor of Economics at Virginia Tech, to discuss the economic and political impact of these protests on Knowledge at Wharton.
Tens of thousands of Iranians have been protestin…
