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Steven Plaut
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “associate professor on the faculty of the graduate school of business administration at the university of haifa”. Today it says “israeli economist”.
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Steven Plaut (born in 1951 ) is an Associate Professor on the faculty of the Graduate School of Business Administration at the University of Haifa and a writer. His editorials are often published in The Jewish Press , Front Page Magazine and other periodicals. In 2002 he authored the book The Scout .1 He is also a member of the editorial board of the Middle East Quarterly , a publication of the Middle East Forum think tank.
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associate professor on the faculty of the graduate school of business administration at the university of haifa
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israeli economist
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