Mark Koyama

Dr. Mark Koyama is an Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University, a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a Research Associate at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research. He earned his DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. Formerly, he lectured at the University of York and spent a year at the Political Theory Project at Brown University. 

Koyama is especially interested in the origins of economic growth in pre-industrial Europe. His current research investigates the relationship between the rise of the state in early modern Europe and the industrial revolution. He has co-authored two books, How the World Became Rich: The Historical Origins of Economic Growth (Polity, 2022) with Jared Rubin and Persecution and Toleration: The Long Road to Religious Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2019) with Noel Johnson. 

For further publications by Koyama, visit his Substack: How the World Became Rich.