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Jason Jackson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves as the Head of the Political Economy Lab. His research primarily focuses on the connections between states and markets, particularly the influence of economic ideas and moral beliefs on the shaping of market institutions within modern capitalism. His empirical work spans various contexts, examining the role of economic nationalism in industrial development and the emergence of the digital 'platform' economy in urban mobility markets across contemporary cities in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. Jason is the author of 'Traders, Speculators, Captains of Industry: Capitalist Legitimacy Shaped by Foreign Investment Policy in India' (forthcoming from Harvard University Press) and 'Constructing Economic Nationalisms in Brazil and India' (forthcoming from Cambridge University Press). He completed his Ph.D. in Political Economy at MIT and holds an AB in Economics from Princeton University, an MSc in Development Economics from the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.