Constitutional Political Economy, Fiscal Policy, Economic Freedom
Jacob Custer is a MA student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. He is currently serving as the MA Economics Representative for the Graduate and Professional Student Association at George Mason University. His research interests include constitutional political economy, fiscal policy, and policies promoting economic freedom.
Jacob previously interned at the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation and helped produce the 2022 Index of Economic Freedom. He previously interned for Senator Rand Paul and served on the staff for Senator Chuck Grassley.
Jacob is a MA Fellow, and a former Don Lavoie Fellow, at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Jacob earned his dual BS degree in Economics and Public Policy with a minor in American Politics from Rochester Institute of Technology.