Prof. Paul Vaaler Interviewed on IQ Index Discussing Hawala Networks

Professor Paul Vaaler, John and Bruce Mooty Chair in Law and Business, was interviewed on IQ Index, a locally produced current affairs show that focuses on Somali politics, community issues, and policy developments affecting the Somali diaspora. In the episode “The Trust Economy,” Prof. Vaaler discussed how a hawala network functions as remittance, how money moves in the network, why the system persists, and what it reveals about informal financial systems that formal banking often cannot replicate. Watch the episode.