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Carrie Conko
Director of Communications
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
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Email: cconko@gmu.edu
Daniel Klein
Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason Universitydklein@gmu.edu
Biography
Dr. Klein’s teaching focuses on economic principles and public policy issues. Previously, he taught at Santa Clara University and directed the Civil Society Institute. He has published research on policy issues including toll roads, urban transit, auto emission, credit reporting, and the Food and Drug Administration. He has also written on spontaneous order, the discovery of opportunity, the demand and supply of assurance, why government officials believe in the goodness of bad policy, and the relationship between liberty, dignity, and responsibility. Dr. Klein is the coauthor of several books and he has coauthored a comprehensive Web site on the Food and Drug Administration (FDAReview.org). He spends several months every year in Stockholm, where he is an associate fellow at the Ratio Institute. Dr. Klein holds a BS from George Mason University and a PhD from New York University.
