Nikolaos Karagiannis is professor of economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, visiting professor at the University of Cambridge, England, and the co-editor of American Review of Political Economy. Dr. Karagiannis has published extensively in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. He is particularly interested in developmental state theory and policy, and his research has focused on the applicability of this perspective in different contexts such as in EU countries, the United States, Caribbean economies, and North African countries.

Debbie A. Mohammed is senior lecturer in international trade at the Institute of International Relations, and associate faculty at the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad. Dr. Mohammed has published extensively on Caribbean economic integration, trade, and competitiveness. She sits on national and regional trade-related committees, and the Committee on the Status of Women of the International Studies Association and EU-LAC Academic Council for the 2016-2018 period.