David Lucas, economics PhD graduate, was named a 2017 grant recipient by the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. Additionally, Lucas received the Eli Ginzberg Award for the most outstanding project in health and welfare.
Timothy Taylor, managing editor of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, comments on Peter Boettke's Presidential Address given to the Southern Economic Association. Taylor discusses Boettke's speech in the context of answering the question: does government empower or stifle?
Tyler Cowen comments on the changing American workforce and discusses how companies that tap into the potential of workers over the age of 55 will have the competitive advantage in the years to come.
Professor Christopher Coyne and Mason alumna Abigail Hall explain how surveillance tactics used on domestic citizens are the result of the "Boomerang Effect."
In USA Today Professor Christopher Coyne and Mason alumna Abigail Hall look at the recent death of Stephon Clark. They examine the increasing militarization of the United States police force and how proactive foreign policy can result in a changed law enforcement operation.
Donald Boudreaux, professor of economics, examines the misplaced notion that trade kills jobs. The op-ed article published in the New York Times examines the difference between average job churn and job loss from trade.
Professor Peter Boettke gave his Presidential Address during the 86th Meeting of the Southern Economic Association. He spoke on economics, public administration and why it all matters.
The gift from the Charles Koch Foundation will support the hiring of three new faculty members, including a senior scholar, for Mason’s Nobel Prize-winning Department of Economics.
