Mercatus Center at George Mason University

Publications

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	Yes We Have No Bananas: A Critique of the 'Food Miles' Perspective October 24, 2008 Hiroko Shimizu, Pierre Desrochers

	Avian Flu: What We Need to Know November 11, 2005 Tyler Cowen

	The Invisible Green Hand October 24, 2008 Andrew Reed, Pierre Desrochers

	Midnight Regulations: An Update March 17, 2008 Antony Davies, Veronique de Rugy

	The Freedom and Economics of Choice November 14, 2008 Karol Boudreaux

	Hedge Funds and the Financial Market November 13, 2008 Houman B. Shadab

	Kentucky’s Open Door November 12, 2008 Jerry Brito

	Yes We Have No Bananas: A Critique of the 'Food Miles' Perspective October 24, 2008 Hiroko Shimizu, Pierre Desrochers

Events

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	The Treason of the Clerisy: Capitalism and the Intellectuals After 1848
The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University presents a lecture by Deirdre McCloskey, Distinguished Professor of Economics, History, English, and Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Prof. McCloskey, basing her talk on her upcoming book The Treason of the Clerisy: How Capitalism was Demoralized in the Age of Romance, will discuss the changing attitudes towards capitalism of mid-19th century intellectuals.

	2008 Mercatus Center Holiday Dinner


	2008 Capital Campus California Winter Retreat
The Berkeley Center for Law, Business and the Economy and the Mercatus Center at George Mason University will co-host a weekend event that will provide California policy makers with an academic perspective on today's pressing policy issues.

	2009 Chief of Staff Retreat
As our longest-running program, the Mercatus Center’s annual Chief of Staff Retreat is the leading bi-partisan, off-the-Hill gathering for senior congressional staff. For over fourteen years, the Retreat has offered participants a chance to explore pioneering economic ideas, focus on key legislative matters, and interact across party lines in a comfortable and educational setting away from Capitol Hill.

	Midnight Regulations Phenomena and Regulatory Review November 19, 2008
Senior Research Fellows Jerry Brito and Veronique de Rugy, will delve into the phenomena and consequences of the period of time between presidential administrations when a flurry of regulatory activity takes place also know as "midnight regulations."

	Understanding the Financial Crisis November 18, 2008
Ongoing financial market turmoil is leading policymakers to consider increasingly complex regulation for a complex financial world. To help policymakers better understand the issues before them and the decisions they face the Mercatus Centers has assembled some of the brightest academic minds to form the Financial Markets Working Group.

	Reflections of a Political Economist: A Book Forum November 12, 2008
The Social Change Project at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University presents a lecture by Dr. William Niskanen, Chairman Emeritus and Distinguished Senior Economist at the Cato Institute, on the topic of his newest book, Reflections of a Political Economist: Selected Articles on Government Policies and Political Processes.

	Capitalism at Work: Classical Liberalism on the Firing Line October 29, 2008
Capitalism at Work: Business, Government, and Energy is a primer on free-market capitalism versus political capitalism. It develops a case for sustainable personal and organizational success in a free society from four books in particular: Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Samuel Smiles's Self-Help, Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged, and Charles Koch's The Science of Success.

News

Mercatus Scholars Speak Out on Financial Crisis

Mercatus scholars have been speaking in the media about the current turmoil in the financial markets.
Tyler Cowen and Don Boudreaux appeared on NPR's All Things Considered. Russell Roberts and Don Boudreaux had essays with Forbes.com. Tyler Cowen also addressed the issue of financial regulation in the New York Times.

Roberts, who just released his novel "The Price of Everything: A Parable of Possibility and Prosperity", sat down with reason.tv to talk about the nation's economy and the government's bailout plan following his Wall Street Journal "How Government Stoked the Mania" op-ed on October 3. Veronique deRugy's co-authored piece on recommendations for how the federal government could have built a better bailout appeared on Reason.com.