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  - Read Discourse magazine
    Online journal dedicated to promoting and defending
    classical liberal values with new and innovative thinking
- Exchanging Insight
  - Conversations
    with Tyler
    Interviews with today’s
    underrated thinkers
  - Macro Musings
    Deep dives into critical
    macroeconomic issues
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    Explorations of vital questions
    in Indian political economy
  - Hayek Program
    Podcast
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    political economy
- Funding Innovation
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    ideas for changing the world
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    latest work
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Jim Pagels

Jim Pagels was a research assistant for the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Data Visualizations
Regulation
The Impossibility of Comprehending, or Even Reading, All Federal Regulations
Patrick McLaughlin, Jonathan Nelson, Jim Pagels, Oliver Sherouse
October 23, 2017
Data Visualizations
Regulation
Employee and Restriction Count Outlier Regulatory Agencies
Patrick McLaughlin, Jim Pagels, Oliver Sherouse
July 13, 2016
Data Visualizations
Regulation
The High Correlation between Agency Employment and Agency Regulations
Patrick McLaughlin, Jim Pagels, Oliver Sherouse
July 6, 2016
Expert Commentary
Corporate Welfare
Best Bet Is Expanded Economic Freedom
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
March 26, 2016
Expert Commentary
Barriers to Entry
The Doomed Crusade Against Daily Fantasy Sports
National Review
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
November 16, 2015
Expert Commentary
Regulation
Government Should Hurry-Up and Do Nothing in FanDuel, DraftKing Drama
USA Today
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
October 14, 2015

Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.

Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.

Expert Commentary
Corporate Welfare
Best Bet Is Expanded Economic Freedom
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
March 26, 2016
Expert Commentary
Barriers to Entry
The Doomed Crusade Against Daily Fantasy Sports
National Review
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
November 16, 2015
Expert Commentary
Regulation
Government Should Hurry-Up and Do Nothing in FanDuel, DraftKing Drama
USA Today
Christopher Koopman, Jim Pagels
October 14, 2015

Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.

Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.