Jon Hartley
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Affiliated Scholar
Jon Hartley is an Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and an economics researcher studying finance, labor, and macroeconomics. He is currently an economics PhD Candidate at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP), and a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Hartley is also a member of the Canadian Group of Economists, the chair of the Economic Club of Miami, and the host of Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution.
Hartley holds a B.A. in Economics and Mathematics with Honors from the University of Chicago, an M.B.A. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and an M.P.P. from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Latest Work
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
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Should Tax Cheats Be Allowed To Collect a Federal Paycheck While the Rest of Us Pay Their Share? | Lars Larson Show
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Support for Proposed “Tax Dodger Act” | Chicago’s Morning Answer
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Survey Measures of the Natural Rate of Interest
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The US Could Learn a Lesson From This Florida Railroad | City Journal
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Jon Hartley on the Shadow Open Market Committee and Macroeconomic Policy

- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 US GDP Impact
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
New Overtime Regulations Could Harm Tech Startups and Small Businesses
Latest Work
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Should Tax Cheats Be Allowed To Collect a Federal Paycheck While the Rest of Us Pay Their Share? | Lars Larson Show
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Support for Proposed “Tax Dodger Act” | Chicago’s Morning Answer
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Survey Measures of the Natural Rate of Interest
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The US Could Learn a Lesson From This Florida Railroad | City Journal
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Jon Hartley on the Shadow Open Market Committee and Macroeconomic Policy

- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 US GDP Impact
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
New Overtime Regulations Could Harm Tech Startups and Small Businesses
Latest Work
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Survey Measures of the Natural Rate of Interest
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Cost of COVID-19: A Rough Estimate of the 2020 US GDP Impact
Latest Work
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Should Tax Cheats Be Allowed To Collect a Federal Paycheck While the Rest of Us Pay Their Share? | Lars Larson Show
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Radio Appearance Radio Appearance
Support for Proposed “Tax Dodger Act” | Chicago’s Morning Answer
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Jon Hartley on the Shadow Open Market Committee and Macroeconomic Policy

Latest Work
Latest Work
- | Labor Markets Labor Markets
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The US Could Learn a Lesson From This Florida Railroad | City Journal
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary