Emily Chamlee-Wright

- Senior Affiliated Scholar, President & CEO of the Institute for Humane Studies, Board Member
Emily Chamlee-Wright is a senior affiliated scholar and Board Member at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She is the President and CEO of the Institute for Humane Studies. She was previously Provost and Dean at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. Prior to joining Washington College, she was Elbert Neese Professor of Economics and Associate Dean at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. Her primary research interests include development economics and cultural economics. She writes and teaches about indigenous markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Dr. Chamlee-Wright is the lead researcher for Phase I of the Mercatus Center Gulf Coast Recovery Project and the socio-cultural category of research.
Dr. Chamlee-Wright's first book, The Cultural Foundations of Economic Development (Routledge 1997) was based on ethnographic research she conducted in the urban markets of Ghana. In 2000, Dr. Chamlee-Wright published her second book, Culture and Enterprise, co-authored with Don Lavoie (Routledge 2000), which attempts to reconcile two distinct disciplinary fields: the study of culture and the study of markets. She is currently working on a book titled The Learning Society (University of Michigan Press), exploring the intersection between markets and social capital.
Dr. Chamlee-Wright's more recent ethnographic work is a study of urban market women in Zimbabwe, documenting their strategies for economic survival and accumulation. In general, Chamlee-Wright is interested in the ways in which cultural and market processes affect one another.
Dr. Chamlee-Wright was a W.K. Kellogg National Leadership Fellow. She received her Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
Publications & Appearances
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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The Four Corners of Liberalism with Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright, Pt. 1
On this episode of the Hayek Program Podcast, Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright engage in a fruitful discussion of liberalism...
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright on Academia and Entrepreneurship, Pt. 2
In the second half of a two-part series on academia and entrepreneurship, Peter Boettke and Emily Chamlee-Wright share a...
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright on Academia and Entrepreneurship, Pt. 1
In the first episode of a two-part series on academia and entrepreneurship, Peter Boettke and Emily Chamlee-Wright share a...
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Post-Disaster Recovery in the Gulf Coast
15 years after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, the lessons and stories emerging from the event continue to offer valuable...
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Please, Take Socialism Seriously
Emily Chamlee-Wright discusses the serious implications of modern pushes for socialism.
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- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Governing Campus Speech: A Bottom-Up Approach
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
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The power of narrative in post-disaster entrepreneurial response
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Paradigms of Social Change
Scholars and academic entrepreneurs committed to advancing a deeper understanding of the principles and practices of a free and...
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"A Cultural Economy Lens on the Austrian Economics Research Program" with Emily Chamlee-Wright
What are the various strands or themes that connect culture with Austrian economics? How can Austrian economists see their work...