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James M. Cypher is a Research Scholar at the Global Institute for Sustainable Prosperity and a Research Professor in the Doctoral Program in Development Studies (UAED) at the Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas (Mexico).  Dr. Cypher is an economist and specialist in Latin American Development. He is the author of The Process of Economic Development (Routledge, 2014), co-author of Mexico’s Economic Dilemma (Rowman and Littlefield, 2010), and the author of State and Capital in Mexico (Westview, 1990). His research on a wide range of topics has been published in more than 90 journal articles and 40 book chapters. He received his Ph.D. degree in economics at the University of California, Riverside. Dr. Cypher has been a visiting professor or researcher at American University (Washington, D.C.), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa (Mexico) and Facultad Latino Americana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) in Chile. He was, for an extensive period, a professor of economics in the California State University system. He is a member of the editorial committee of: International Journal of Development Issues (Australia), Latin American Perspectives (US) and Ola Financiera (Mexico). His published research on the political economy of U.S. military spending spans the period, 1970-2014.