Dr. Julio Huato is an associate professor of economics at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. His main areas of research are public finance and political economy. He has published a number of papers in economic and multidisciplinary journals. Before St. Francis College, Dr. Huato taught economics and finance at Drew University, the Ramapo College of New Jersey, SUNY Purchase, and the Universidad Autónoma Chapingo (Mexico). He earned a doctoral degree in economics at the City University of New York - Graduate Center, with finance and international economics as his fields of specialization. He also received a MA in economics at the New School for Social Research, and a BA in statistics and planning at the Universidad de La Habana (Cuba). He has been a long standing member of a number of professional organizations. He is originally from Mexico and has lived in Brooklyn, New York since 1998.