Daniel Rothschild is the managing director of the Mercatus Center's State and Local Policy Project, where he coordinates Mercatus's research on state and local economic policy and directs the Gulf Coast Recovery Project. Previously, he managed international economic development programs at the Mercatus Center.

A relative rarity in Washington, Dan was born in our nation’s capital and grew up in Houston. His popular writing and articles and reviews have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Reason, Slate, the Chicago Policy Review, the Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, and Economic Affairs. He has appeared on television and radio in the United States and abroad discussing Mercatus research and its application to current policy debates.

Prior to joining Mercatus, Mr. Rothschild was an Eben Tisdale Fellow in Washington, DC. He earned his BA in history from Grinnell College, his MA in modern British history from the University of Manchester, and his Masters in Public Policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.