Courtney Michaluk Joslin

- Commercial Freedom Fellow at the R Street Institute
Courtney Michaluk is an alumna of the Mercatus Center MA Fellowship at George Mason University and a Commercial Freedom Fellow at the R Street Institute. Previously, she was a policy analyst at the Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University. Her work has been published in Politico, The Huffington Post, Washington Examiner, and a number of other outlets. She has also worked with state legislatures on prison reform and occupational license reform. She currently works on occupational licensing and birth control deregulation in the states.
Courtney received a BS in accounting from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where she conducted research on ethics education in undergraduate accounting programs while completing the Chancellor’s Honors Program. She then spent a year in the Koch Associate Program before becoming an MA Fellow. Her research interests include tax policy, development economics, and public perception of economic ideas.
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Feature Feature
Alumni Spotlight: Courtney Joslin
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Pharmacist Scope of Practice Reform
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Locking Out Prosperity: The Treasury Department’s Misguided Regulation to Address the Symptoms of Corporate Inversions While Ignoring the Cause
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Corporations Are Trying to Escape from High US Taxes

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Unproductive Entrepreneurship in U.S. Military Contracting

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Essays Essays
A Better Tomorrow: Policy Reform and the Limitations of State-Led Targeted Economic Development
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
To end prison gangs, it's time to break up the largest prisons
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State Shouldn't Backpedal on Prison Reform
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Feature Feature
Alumni Spotlight: Courtney Joslin
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Pharmacist Scope of Practice Reform
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Corporations Are Trying to Escape from High US Taxes

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Locking Out Prosperity: The Treasury Department’s Misguided Regulation to Address the Symptoms of Corporate Inversions While Ignoring the Cause
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Unproductive Entrepreneurship in U.S. Military Contracting

- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Essays Essays
A Better Tomorrow: Policy Reform and the Limitations of State-Led Targeted Economic Development
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
To end prison gangs, it's time to break up the largest prisons
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
State Shouldn't Backpedal on Prison Reform
Latest Work
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
COVID-19 Vaccine Administration and Pharmacist Scope of Practice Reform
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Locking Out Prosperity: The Treasury Department’s Misguided Regulation to Address the Symptoms of Corporate Inversions While Ignoring the Cause
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Data Visualizations Data Visualizations
Corporations Are Trying to Escape from High US Taxes

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Unproductive Entrepreneurship in U.S. Military Contracting

Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
To end prison gangs, it's time to break up the largest prisons
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Feature Feature
Alumni Spotlight: Courtney Joslin
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary