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The Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science (ICES) at George Mason University will host the inaugural conference on Theory and Experiments in Monetary Economics (TEME).

In the Economist, Mason's Johnson, Koyama, Leeson, and Russ are mentioned for their research on the economic reasoning behind witch hunts.

In the World Economic Forum, Eskil Ullberg, adjunct professor of economics, writes an op-ed with Edmund Phelps, Nobel laureate in economics 2006. They discuss how a rules-based global trade system for patents could improve productivity growth for developed and developing countries alike.

Recent metrics rank the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization as the number one most influential journal in Game Theory and Decision Science. Professor Dan Houser serves as the journal’s co-editor-in-chief.

In Newsweek, Professor Bryan Caplan discusses student debt and addresses a potential solution to reform student loan programs.

In 1993, Dr. Walter Williams, John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and 1986 Nobel Economist Dr. James Buchanan discussed the legitimate role of government in society in this Idea Channel Discussion episode.