Stefanie Haeffele

- Senior Program and Operations Director, Academic and Student Programs, Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Senior Research Fellow
Stefanie Haeffele is senior research fellow, senior program and operations director of Academic and Student Programs and a senior fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. She is an alum of the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship program. Stefanie earned her PhD in economics at George Mason University in 2016. After receiving an MA in economics at George Mason University in 2010, she completed a Presidential Management Fellowship where she worked in emergency and disaster management at both the Federal Emergency Management Agency and then the US Forest Service. She earned a BBA in economics and finance from the University of North Alabama in 2007.
Her research interests include Austrian economics, political economy, entrepreneurship, and development. Her work has examined post-disaster community recovery as well as the political economy of nonprofit organizations, specifically focusing on organizations that attempt to provide affordable housing to the poor.
For a full list of Stefanie's publications, visit her website.
Latest Work
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Realizing the Values of Art — Erwin Dekker, Valeria Morea, Stefanie Haeffele
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Living Better Together

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Perils of Regulating COVID–19

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Liberalism for All — Is Social Justice a Mirage?
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Immigration and Freedom Book Panel
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
What Does Economic Freedom Look Like for Women? — Rosemarie Fike, Stefanie Haeffele, & Jayme Lemke
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Nudging Public Policy

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Entrepreneurship during a pandemic
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Understanding Disasters
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Crisis as a Source of Social Capital
Latest Work
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Realizing the Values of Art — Erwin Dekker, Valeria Morea, Stefanie Haeffele
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Living Better Together

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Perils of Regulating COVID–19

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Liberalism for All — Is Social Justice a Mirage?
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Immigration and Freedom Book Panel
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
What Does Economic Freedom Look Like for Women? — Rosemarie Fike, Stefanie Haeffele, & Jayme Lemke
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Nudging Public Policy

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Entrepreneurship during a pandemic
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Understanding Disasters
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Crisis as a Source of Social Capital
Latest Work
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Living Better Together

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Perils of Regulating COVID–19

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Nudging Public Policy

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Entrepreneurship during a pandemic
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Understanding Disasters
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Crisis as a Source of Social Capital
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Rhetoric as a Way of Limiting the Range of Acceptable Policy Positions
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Governance for living better together
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Essential or not?
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Hayek's Tensions

Latest Work
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Realizing the Values of Art — Erwin Dekker, Valeria Morea, Stefanie Haeffele
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Liberalism for All — Is Social Justice a Mirage?
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Immigration and Freedom Book Panel
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
What Does Economic Freedom Look Like for Women? — Rosemarie Fike, Stefanie Haeffele, & Jayme Lemke
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Exploring Economic Sociology — Peter Boettke & Stefanie Haeffele
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke and Stefanie Haeffele on Tensions in Political Economy
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Elizabeth Rhodes on a 21st Century Vision for Economic Security
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Michael Munger on the Future of the Sharing Economy and Universal Basic Income
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Betsey Stevenson on the Future of Technology and Employment
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
Community Revival in the Wake of Disaster | Official Book Trailer

Latest Work
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Polycentricity Amidst a Pandemic

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Coming Back from COVID-19

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Reassessing the Notion of Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Quest of Social Science
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Feature Feature
Inside Leviathan
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Cubans and Americans Caught in the Political Crossfire

- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
75 Years Down "The Road to Serfdom"

- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Female Entrepreneurs and Disaster Recovery
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Female Entrepreneurs and Disaster Recovery

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary