Manoj Atolia is Bernard F. Sliger Professor of Economics in the Department of Economics at Florida State University (FSU). His areas of research interest are Macroeconomics, International Economics, and Development Macroeconomics. He joined FSU in 2004, and since then, he has served as consultant for U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) and worked for two years as Senior Economist at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He holds a PhD in Economics from Indiana University, Bloomington.