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Daniel Fridman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Columbia University and was a Mellon Fellow at the Institute for Social and Economic Research Policy. Daniel has also studied sociology at the University of Buenos Aires and worked with the National Statistics Institute in Argentina. His research interests lie at the intersection of economy and culture, focusing on neoliberalism and financialization, economic policy in Latin America, consumer culture, and the sociology of money. He has authored the book 'Freedom Work: Embracing Financial Self-Help in the United States and Argentina,' which received the Honorable Mention Book Award from the American Sociological Association's Section on Consumers and Consumption in 2016-2017. His 2019 publication 'El sueño de vivir sin trabajar: una sociología del emprendedorismo, la autoayuda financiera y el nuevo individuo del siglo XXI' explores the themes of entrepreneurship and self-help in modern society.
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