Emily Chamlee-Wright
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Senior Affiliated ScholarPresident & CEO of the Institute for Humane StudiesBoard 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.
Latest Work
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"The Struggle for a Better World" Book Panel
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The Four Corners of Liberalism with Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright, Pt. 2
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What Universities Owe to the Liberal Project
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The Four Corners of Liberalism with Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright, Pt. 1
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Social Coordination in a Complex Society
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Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright on Academia and Entrepreneurship, Pt. 2
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Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright on Academia and Entrepreneurship, Pt. 1
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Post-Disaster Recovery in the Gulf Coast
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Self-Censorship and Associational Life in the Liberal Academy
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"The Struggle for a Better World" Book Panel
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
The Four Corners of Liberalism with Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright, Pt. 2
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
What Universities Owe to the Liberal Project
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
The Four Corners of Liberalism with Peter Boettke & Emily Chamlee-Wright, Pt. 1
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Social Coordination in a Complex Society
- | 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. 2
- | 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
- | 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
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Self-Censorship and Associational Life in the Liberal Academy
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
What Universities Owe to the Liberal Project
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Social Coordination in a Complex Society
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Self-Censorship and Associational Life in the Liberal Academy
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Governing Campus Speech: A Bottom-Up Approach
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The power of narrative in post-disaster entrepreneurial response
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Local Recovery: How Robust Community Rebound Necessarily Comes from the Bottom Up
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Social Economy as an Extension of the Austrian Research Program
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How We Came Back
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Liberal Learning and the Art of Self-Governance
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