Scott Sumner
Scott Sumner is the Ralph G. Hawtrey Chair of Monetary Policy at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also Professor Emeritus at Bentley University and Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. In his writing and research, Sumner specializes in monetary policy, the role of the international gold market in the Great Depression, and the history of macroeconomic thought.
Named by Foreign Policy magazine in 2012 as one of the “top 100 global thinkers,” Sumner has published papers in academic journals including the Journal of Political Economy, Economic Inquiry, and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He is author of the popular economics blog The Money Illusion and a contributor to EconLog. His work has appeared in media outlets nationwide and beyond, including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, BBC, CNBC, The Economist, Financial Times, Politico, The National Interest, and The American.
Sumner received his PhD and MA in economics from the University of Chicago and his BA in economics from the University of Wisconsin.
Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.
Marginal cost > marginal benefit; no content produced in this category.
- 8:30am – 6:30pm2016Sep07George Mason University, Arlington Campus Founders Hall, Room 125 3351 Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22201
- 12:00pm – 12:45pm2016Feb24Senate Visitors Center 203
- 4:00pm – 5:30pm2015Oct13Mercatus Center at George Mason University 3434 Washington Blvd., 4th Floor, Arlington, VA 22201
- 12:00pm – 1:30pm2015May27Rayburn House Office Building B-340
The Politics of Carbon Taxes Versus Clean Energy Subsidies | The Hill