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Richard Bluhm

Richard Bluhm is a well-known, German economist and former Fulbright scholar. Within the academic peer community he is better known as 'the hawk, a nickname he obtained in graduate school as the result of his shrewdness and rigourous academic writing. Bluhm is currently employed as a doctoral researcher at the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance, consultant at the UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre and a member of the Human Development and Capability Association. Richard Bluhm is widely recognized for his contributions to understanding the impact of institutions and inequality on economic growth and development. His most recent work, conducted while stationed at the International Labour Organization investigates the effect and associated cost of the financial crisis on the long-run performance of private pension funds.

Richard Bluhm graduated Cum laude from Maastricht University while obtaining a Master of Science degree in Public Policy and Human Development, specializing in Social Policy Design. He also received a Bachelor of Arts in International business from the Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft in Berlin and attended California State University, Long Beach as well as the University of Technology, Sydney Australia.