Hasan Tavanayan Fard (March 25, 1943 - January 21, 2015)[1] was an Iranian economist, author and poet.
He wrote more than 40 books in his lifetime in the field of economics, history and literature and wrote many articles.[2]
He completed his Economics degree at Tehran University. He studied Masters in Economics at Swansea University in 1972 and wrote a thesis titled 'U.K. private short term capital movements (1963-1972)'.[3]
He held several teaching posts such as at the University of Sanate Sharif, Tehran University and Payame Noor University.[4]
In 1986, he established his own publishing company called Far Nashr Publishing, printing books about Chemistry, English, Business Correspondence and Children’s IQ Test.
| Birth | 25 March 1943 (Tehran) | |
| Death | 21 January 2015 (Tehran) | |
| Books and articles | More than 100 | |
| Diploma in Maths | Elmieh Tehran High School | |
| Post Diploma in Religious Studies | Daneshsaraye Talimate Dini | |
| Bachelor of Economics | Tehran University | |
| Masters in Economics | Swansea University (Thesis: U.K. private short term capital movements 1963-1972)[5] | |
| PhD in Economics (not completed) | Swansea University (The Professor left Swansea University to return to Iran during the Iranian Revolution (intending to complete his PhD later). He wanted to provide academic assistance to Iranians during the Revolution. However, due to reasons explained below, he no longer had the opportunity to complete his PhD) |
Some of his books include:[6]
| No | Book | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Social Economics | 1969 | |
| 2 | The Economics of Education | 1976 | |
| 3 | The Theory of Consumption | 1976 | |
| 4 | The Economics of Development and Progress | 1977 | |
| 5 | Economic Systems | 1977 | |
| 6 | The Theory of Value of Labour | 1977 | |
| 7 | Discourses in Iranian Economics | 1977 | |
| 8 | Money – Economic Perspective | 1977 | |
| 9 | A critique of the Economic Provisions of the Constitution | 1980 | |
| 10 | Ziaratname of Taleghani's father | 1980 | |
| 11 | Dr Shariati and Economics after the Revolution | 1980 | |
| 12 | Economics from the perspective of 14 Ma’soom (i.e. Prophet Mohammad, his daughter Fatemeh and the 12 Shiah Imams) | 1980 | |
| 13 | Economics from Prophet Mohammad's and Imam Ali's perspective | 1980 | |
| 14 | The Unfulfilled Wishes | 1980 | |
| 15 | Economic Schools of Thought | 1981 | |
| 16 | The Imperialised Iranian Economics | 1982 | |
| 17 | The Philosophy of Islamic Economics – Alame Tabatabayi | 1984 | |
| 18 | The Imperialist's Economic Conspiracies in Iran | 1985 | |
| 19 | The Fundamentals of Management in Islam | 1986 | |
| 20 | Mosadegh and Economics | 1986 | |
| 21 | The Economic Views of Imam Mohamad Ghazali | 1987 | |
| 22 | The Economics of Development | 1987 | |
| 23 | The Economic Views of Imam Fakhr Razi | 1988 | |
| 24 | The Economics of Population | 1989 | |
| 25 | Usury in Quran | 1990 | |
| 26 | The Economics of Money | 1991 | |
| 27 | Factors Influencing Religious Beliefs | 1993 | |
| 28 | Utilising the Teachings of Islamic Prayer | 1995 | |
| 29 | Utilising the Teachings of Haj | 1998 | |
| 30 | The Advancement of Utilisation in Islamic Culture | 1998 | |
| 31 | Economic Social Science from Dr Ali Shariati's perspective | 1998 | |
| 32 | Frugality | 1999 | |
| 33 | The Economics of Development – A New Model | 2000 | |
| 34 | The Future of Economics: Economics before and After the Resurrection of the Shiah's 12th Imam | 2001 | |
| 35 | The Flaws in Iranian Economics – Economic AIDS | 2001 | |
| 36 | Harmonising Iranian Economics | 2001 | |
| 37 | The Role of Women in Furthering Utilisation | 2001 | |
| 38 | Microeconomics and Macroeconomics | 2004 | |
| 39 | Economic Systems | 2004 | |
| 40 | The Economics of Internet | 2006 | |
| 41 | Cooperative Economics | 2006 | |
| 42 | Quranic Economics | 2006 | |
| 43 | Economic Dictionary : English – Farsi | 2007 | |
| 44 | The Economics of Zakat (financial donation for religious purposes) | 2008 | |
| 45 | The Encyclopedia of Islamic Economics | 2011 | |