Bryan Caplan

Education

• B.A., Economics, University of California at Berkeley, 1993
• Ph.D., Economics, Princeton University, 1997

Job History

• Assistant Professor of Economics, George Mason University, 1997-2003
• Associate Professor of Economics, George Mason University, 2003-2010
• Professor of Economics, George Mason University, 2010-

Fields of Specialization and Interest

• Public economics
• Public choice
• Psychology and economics
• Public opinion
• Economics of the family
• Genoeconomics
• Austrian economics

Teaching Experience

• Introductory Microeconomics (undergraduate)
• Intermediate Macroeconomics (undergraduate)
• Industrial Organization (undergraduate)
• Labor Economics (undergraduate)
• Econometrics (undergraduate)
• Public Choice (undergraduate)
• Microeconomics (graduate)
• Econometrics (graduate)
• Macroeconomics (graduate)
• Monetary Economics (graduate)
• Public Finance (graduate)
• Public Choice (graduate)

Service

• Public Choice Brown Bag Seminar Organizer, 2000-2003
• Assistant Director of Graduate Studies, 2004-
• Public Choice Seminar Organizer, 2006-2008

Publications

• Books
  • The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. 2007. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. (Named a Best Book of 2007 by the Financial Times).
  • The Myth of the Rational Voter: Why Democracies Choose Bad Policies. 2008. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. [Paperback edition with a new introduction by the author.]
  • Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids: Why Being a Great Parent is Less Work and More Fun Than You Think. New York, NY: Basic Books. 2011.
  • The Case Against Education: Why the Education System is a Waste of Time and Money. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
• Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration. New York, NY: First Second. 2019.
• Journal Articles
  • “The Austrian Search for Realistic Foundations.” April 1999. Southern Economic Journal 65(4), pp.823-838.
  • “Rational Irrationality: A Framework for the Neoclassical-Behavioral Debate.” Spring 2000. Eastern Economic Journal 26(2), pp.191-211.
  • “When Is Two Better Than One? How Federalism Amplifies and Mitigates Imperfect Political Competition.” April 2001. Journal of Public Economics 80(1), pp.99-119.
  • “Rational Ignorance versus Rational Irrationality.” 2001. Kyklos 54(1), pp.3-26. (lead article)
  • “Has Leviathan Been Bound? A Theory of Imperfectly Constrained Government with Evidence from the States.” April 2001. Southern Economic Journal 67(4), pp.825-847.
  • “Libertarianism Against Economism: How Economists Misunderstand Voters and Why Libertarians Should Care.” Spring 2001. Independent Review 5(4), pp.539-563.
  • “Rational Irrationality and the Microfoundations of Political Failure.” June 2001. Public Choice 107 (3/4), pp.311-331.
  • “Probability, Common Sense, and Realism: A Reply to H?lsmann and Block.” Summer 2001. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 4(2), pp.69-86.
  • “Standing Tiebout on His Head: Tax Capitalization and the Monopoly Power of Local Governments.” July 2001. Public Choice 108(1/2), pp.101-122.
  • “What Makes People Think Like Economists? Evidence on Economic Cognition from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy.” October 2001. Journal of Law and Economics 44(2), pp.395-426.
  • “How Does War Shock the Economy?” 2002. Journal of International Money and Finance 21, pp.145-162.
  • “Systematically Biased Beliefs About Economics: Robust Evidence of Judgemental Anomalies from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy.” April 2002. Economic Journal 112(479), pp.433-458.
  • “Sociotropes, Systematic Bias, and Political Failure: Reflections on the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy.” June 2002. Social Science Quarterly 83(2), pp.416-435.
  • “Stigler-Becker versus Myers-Briggs: Why Preference-Based Explanations Are Scientifically Meaningful and Empirically Important.” April 2003. Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization 50(4), pp.391-405. (lead article)
  • “The Logic of Collective Belief.” May 2003. Rationality and Society 15(2), pp.218-42.
  • “The Idea Trap: The Political Economy of Growth Divergence.” June 2003. European Journal of Political Economy 19(2), pp.183-203.
  • “Probability and the Synthetic A Priori: A Reply to Block.” Fall 2003. Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 6(3), pp.61-7.
  • “Networks, Law, and the Paradox of Cooperation.” (with Edward Stringham) December 2003. Review of Austrian Economics 16(4), pp.309-26.
  • “Is Socialism Really ‘Impossible’?” 2004. Critical Review 16(1), pp.33-52.
  • “Do We Underestimate the Benefits of Cultural Competition?” (with Tyler Cowen) May 2004. American Economic Review 94(2), pp.402-7.
  • “Mises, Bastiat, Public Opinion, and Public Choice: What’s Wrong With Democracy” (with Edward Stringham). January 2005. Review of Political Economy 17(1), pp.79-105.
  • “From Friedman to Wittman: The Transformation of Chicago Political Economy.” April 2005. Econ Journal Watch 2(1), pp.1-21. (lead article)
  • “Rejoinder to Wittman: True Myths.” August 2005. Econ Journal Watch 2(2), pp.165-85.
  • “Toward a New Consensus on the Economics of Socialism: Rejoinder to My Critics.” 2005. Critical Review 17(1/2), pp.203-20.
  • “Terrorism: The Relevance of the Rational Choice Model.” July 2006. Public Choice 128(1/2), pp.91-107.
  • “The Economics of Szasz: Preferences, Constraints, and Mental Illness.” August 2006. Rationality and Society 18(3), pp.333-66.
  • “How Do Voters Form Positive Economic Beliefs?” Evidence from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy.” September 2006. Public Choice 128(3/4), pp.367-81.
  • “Behavioral Economics and Perverse Effects of the Welfare State” (with Scott Beaulier). November 2007. Kyklos 60(4), pp.485-507.
  • “Mises’s Democracy-Dictatorship Equivalence Theorem.” March 2008. Review of Austrian Economics 21(1), pp.45-59.
  • “Privatizing the Adjudication of Disputes” (with Edward Stringham). 2008. Theoretical Inquiries in Law 9(2), pp.503-528.
  • “Reply to My Critics.” 2008. Critical Review 20(3), pp.377-413. (response to full-issue symposium on The Myth of the Rational Voter)
  • “Majorities Against Utility: Implications of the Failure of the Miracle of Aggregation.” Winter 2009. Social Philosophy and Policy 26(1), pp.198-211.
  • “Singapore’s Political Economy: Two Paradoxes.” July 2009. Ethos 6, pp.65-72.
  • “Persuasion, Slack, and Traps: How Can Economists Change the World?” January 2010. Public Choice 142(2), pp.1-8. (lead article)
  • “Le Mythe de l’Electeur Rationnel et la Theorie Politique.” April 2010. Raison Publique 12, pp.57-85.
  • “Intelligence Makes People Think Like Economists: Evidence from the General Social Survey.” (with Stephen Miller). November/December 2010. Intelligence 38(6), pp.636-647.
  • “Positive versus Normative Economics: What’s the Connection? Evidence from the Survey of Americans and Economists on the Economy and the General Social Survey.” (with Stephen Miller). January 2012. Public Choice 150(1), pp.241-261.
  • “Why Should We Restrict Immigration?”. Winter 2012. Cato Journal 32(1), pp.5-24. (lead article)
  • “An Entrepreneurial Critique of Georgism.” (with Zachary Gochenour). December 2013. Review of Austrian Economics 26(4), pp.483-491
  • “Systematically Biased Beliefs About Political Influence.” (with Eric Crampton, Wayne Grove, and Ilya Somin). Winter 2013. PS: Political Science and Politics, 46(4), pp.760-767.
• Articles Currently Under Review
• Review Essays
  • “The Literature of Nonviolent Resistance and Civilian-Based Defense.” 1994. Humane Studies Review 9(1), pp.1-7, 10-12.
  • “Autocratic Ghosts and Chinese Hunger: A Review Essay of Autocratic Tradition and Chinese Politics by Zhengyuan Fu and Hungry Ghosts by Jasper Becker.” 2000. Independent Review 4(3), pp.431-38.
  • “Have the Experts Been Weighed, Measured, and Found Wanting?” (Review Essay on Philip Tetlock’s Expert Political Judgment: How Good Is It? How Can We Know?) 2007. Critical Review 19(1), pp.80-91.
  • “Irrational Principals: A Review Essay on Timothy Besley’s Principled Agents?“ 2009. Review of Austrian Economics 22(2), pp.159-67.
• Chapters in Books
  • “Economists Versus the Public on Economic Policy,” “Rational Ignorance,” and “Rational Irrationality” in Rowley, Charles, and Friedrich Schneider, eds. 2004. The Encyclopedia of Public Choice. Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
  • “Frederic Bastiat,” “Competition,” “Libertarian,” “Fascism,” and “Ayn Rand” in Hussain, Syed, ed. 2004. Encyclopedia of Capitalism. NY: Facts on File.
  • “Ayn Rand and Public Choice: The Obvious Parallels,” in Younkins, Edward, ed. 2007. Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”: A Philosophical and Literary Companion. Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate Publishing Company, pp.225-34.
  • “Communism” and “Externalities” in Henderson, David, ed. 2008. The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics. Indianapolis, IN, pp.66-9, 169-72.
  • “The Totalitarian Threat,” in Bostrum, Nick, and Milan Cirkovic, eds. Global Catastrophic Risks. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 504-519.
  • “David Friedman,” “Laissez-faire Policy,” “Anarchism,” and “Fascism” in The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, forthcoming.
  • “Intellectual Autobiography of Bryan Caplan.” in Block, Walter, ed. Libertarian Autobiographies, forthcoming.
  • “The Myth of the Rational Voter and Political Theory: A Reply to Estlund, Landemore, and Mackie.” Forthcoming in Colloquium on Collective Wisdom conference volume.
  • “If I Knew Then What I Know Now.” Forthcoming in Suzy DeLong, ed. If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Hindsight and Insight From Seasoned Parents and Educators.
  • “A Radical Case for Open Borders” (with Vipul Naik) Forthcoming in Powell, Benjamin, ed. Immigration: From Social Science to Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Book Reviews
  • Review of Michael Kater, The Twisted Muse: Musicians and Their Music in the Third Reich. 1998. Journal of Cultural Economics 22(4), pp.287-9.
  • Review of Ronald Wintrobe, The Political Economy of Dictatorship. 1998. Independent Review 3(3), pp.468-71.
  • Review of Daniel Shaviro, When Rules Change. 2001. Public Choice 106, pp.193-6.
  • Review of A. James Gregor, The Faces of Janus: Marxism and Fascism in the Twentieth Century. Fall 2001. Continuity, pp.142-4.
  • Review of George Tsebelis, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work. 2004. Public Choice 121(1-2), pp.260-2.
  • Review of Daniel Klein and Fred Foldvary, eds., The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues. 2005. Independent Review 9(3), pp.442-3.
  • Review of Hans Gersbach, Designing Democracy: Ideas for Better Rules. 2006. Journal of Economics 87(2): 197-200.
  • Review of Guiseppe Eusepi and Alan Hamlin, eds. Beyond Conventional Economics. 2007. Public Choice 131(3/4): 505-7.
  • Review of Clifford Winston, Government Failure Versus Market Failure: Microeconomics Policy Research and Government Performance. 2007. Constitutional Political Economy 18(4): 225-8.
• Monographs
  • “Straight Talk About Economic Literacy.” Commissioned by the Mercatus Center.
  • “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” May 29, 2007. Policy Analysis no. 594. Cato Institute.
• Editorials
  • “Economic Illiteracy: A Modest Plea Against Humility.” October 2002. Royal Economic Society Newsletter 119, pp.9-10.
  • “Special Interest Secret.” May 12, 2007. Wall Street Journal, A11.
  • “The Kids These Days: A Bright Future for Economic Literacy?” History News Network. October 8, 2007.
  • “5 Myths About Our Ballot-Box Behavior.” January 8, 2008. Washington Post, B03.
  • “The 18-Cent Solution.” May 8, 2008. New York Times, A31.
  • “What If the Median Voter Were a Failing Student?” September, 2008. The Economists’ Voice, pp.1-5.
  • “Good News and Bad News on Parenting.” January 23, 2009. The Chronicle of Higher Education, B5.
  • “The Breeder’s Cup.” June 19-20, 2010. The Wall Street Journal, W1. (The Saturday Essay).
  • “Eltern, Entspannt Euch!” October 24, 2010. Die Welt Am Sonntag, Wirtschaft, p.38.
  • “Twin Lessons.” April 11, 2011. WSJ.com.
  • “The Economics and Genetics of Parenting.” April 11, 2011. Freakonomics.
  • “Why Economists and Parents Need to Discover Behavioral Genetics.” April 18, 2011. Psychology Today Blog.
  • “Genetically Oblivious: How ‘Chinese’ and ‘Western’ Parenting Make the Same Mistake.” June 27, 2011. Psychology Today Blog.
• Other Publications
  • “Who’s in Charge Here?” January, 1988. Dragon 129, pp.66-69.
  • “Creeping Privatization: The Present and Potential of Alternative Dispute Resolution.” 1994. Regulation 2, pp.18-22.
  • Guest blogger for Marginal Revolution. July 2004.
  • Regular blogger for Econlog. January 2005-present
  • “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” November 2006. Cato Unbound. (lead article)
  • Guest blogger for Britannica Online. May, 2007.
  • Guest blogger for the Economist. June, 2007.
  • “Dumbocracy in America: Interview with Nick Schulz.” June 20, 2007. Tech Central Station Daily.
  • “The Four Boneheaded Biases of Stupid Voters.” October 2007. Reason 39(5), pp.24-32. (cover story)
  • “The Case for Charter Cities.” February 2011. Internal Memo to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • Regular blogger for Psychology Today. April 2011-present.
  • Guest blogger for Freakonomics. April 2011.
  • “The Case for Having More Kids: Interview with David Leonhardt.” April 7, 2011. NYTimes.com.
  • “Population, Fertility, and Liberty.” May, 2011. Cato Unbound. (lead article)
  • “The Conversation: Is Strict Parenting Better for Children?” The Guardian. June 11, 2011.

Media Appearances

• EconTalk. “Caplan on Discrimination and Labor Markets.” December 4, 2006.
• Cato Institute. “What Should Be a Culture of Enterprise in An Age of Globalization?” March 29, 2007.
• BBC Radio 4. “Thinking Allowed: The Rational Voter.” May 2, 2007.
• WWTC. “Taxpayers League Live with David Strom.” May 19, 2007.
• BBC Radio 3. “Night Waves.” May 21, 2007.
• RNN. “Real Politics Live.” May 28, 2007.
• Bloggingheads.tv. “‘The Myth of the Rational Voter’ by Bryan Caplan.” May 30, 2007.
• Bloomberg Radio. “On the Economy with Tom Keene.” June 20, 2007.
• EconTalk. “Caplan on the Myth of the Rational Voter.” June 25, 2007.
• C-SPAN2. “Irrational Politics and Free Trade.” July 2, 2007.
• ABC Radio National (Australia). “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” July 2, 2007.
• WGNU. “Sloan Ranger Show.” July 3, 2007.
• Syndicated. “Culture Shocks with Barry Lynn.” July 10, 2007.
• KSTP. “The Bob Davis Show.” July 16, 2007.
• WNYC. “Silly Voters: The Brian Lehrer Show.” August 8, 2007.
• WPR. “Conversations with Joy Cardin.” August 14, 2007.
• WTVN. “Town Hall Ohio.” August 19, 2007.
• KOA. “The Mike Rosen Show.” August 20, 2007.
• WNBC. “News Forum Now.” August 22, 2007.
• VFH Radio. “With Good Reason.” September 8, 2007.
• QNN. “America Back on Track with Tony Seton.” September 19, 2007
• Syndicated. “The Liberated Space.” September 27, 2007.
• The Intrepid Liberal. “Are Voters Irrational?: An Interview With Economist Bryan Caplan.” October 14, 2007.
• KVI. “The Bryan Suits Show.” October 16, 2007.
• KVEC. “The Dave Congleton Show.” December 11, 2007.
• NPR. “The Bryant Parks Project.” January 17, 2008.
• KXLY. “Newscope with Mike Fitzsimmons.” February 25, 2008.
• KABC. “Bob Grant Show.” April 1, 2008.
• Fox Business Network. “Cavuto.” May 8, 2008.
• Bloomberg Radio. “On the Economy with Tom Keene.” May 9, 2008.
• WTOP. “WTOP News.” May 28, 2008.
• WRKO. “Avi Nelson.” July 26, 2008.
• CBC. “The Current.” September 10, 2008.
• CTV. “CTV News.” September 29, 2008.
• KOGO. “Chip Franklin.” October 9, 2008.
• ABC. “20/20.” October 10, 2008.
• WDYT. “The Brain Storm.” October 13, 2008.
• KOTA. “The Shad Olson Show.” October 17, 2008.
• KFXR. “Wall St. Shuffle.” July 20, 2009.
• KFKA. “The Amy Oliver Show.” October 27, 2009.
• EconTalk. “Caplan on Hayek, Richter, and Socialism.” June 28, 2010.
• EconTalk. “Caplan on Immigration.” October 4, 2010.
• “Making Minds Matter.” WNRR. April 4, 2011.
• NPR. “Marketplace.” April 12, 2011.
• WBT. April 21, 2011.
• WERC. “Dan York.” April 22, 2011.
• CNN Radio Dallas. “Wall St. Shuffle.” April 22, 2011.
• WPHT. “The Dom Giordano Show.” April 25, 2011.
• WALR. April 26, 2011.
• BNN. “Squeeze Play.” April 26, 2011.
• “The Laura Ingraham Show.” April 28, 2011.
• “Dresser After Dark.” April 29, 2011.
• KGO. “Gil Gross.” May 3, 2011.
• CBC. “The Current.” May 5, 2011.
• WAMV. May 6, 2011.
• WCCO. “Michele Tafoya.” May 6, 2011.
• NPR. “The Madeleine Brand Show.” May 9, 2011.
• EconTalk. “Caplan on Parenting.” May 9, 2011.
• “Issues, Etc.” May 11, 2011.
• Fox News Radio. “Armstrong and Getty.” May 11, 2011.
• “Dave Rutherford.” May 11, 2011.
• MSNBC. “Dylan Ratigan Show.” May 13, 2011.
• BBC World Service. May 15, 2011.
• WBAL. May 17, 2011.
• Today FM. “The Last Word.” May 18, 2011.
• WAQY. “Bax and O’Brien.” May 23, 2011.
• Talk Radio Europe. May 23, 2011.
• KTKK. “Mental Self-Defense.” May 23, 2011.
• TRN. “America’s Morning News.” May 24, 2011.
• Happenings Radio. “Jackie Gray.” May 24, 2011.
• Marlow FM. May 24, 2011.
• “The Dennis Prager Show.” May 25, 2011.
• Radio New Zealand. May 26, 2011.
• ABC News. “Matt O’Donnell.” May 27, 2011.
• BBC. “Women’s Hour.” May 31, 2011.
• ABC Australia. June 8, 2011.
• “Santa Claus Unplugged.” June 12, 2011.

Work in Progress

• The Case Against Education: Why Our Education System Is a Big Waste of Time and Money (book)
• Education’s Selfish and Social Returns (book documentation)
• All Paths Lead to Open Borders: The Graphic Novel (non-fiction graphic novel)
• Poverty: Who To Blame (book)
• Pragmatic Pacifism: The Realism of Idealism (book)
• Truce: The Economics, Ethics, and Etiquette of Unequal Achievement (book)
• “The Gender Gap of Economics: Why Do Men Think More Like Economists?”
• “The Endowment Effect, the Black Market, and the Foundation of Property” (with Eric Hammer)
• “Sheepskins for Sheepskins: The Nonlinearity of the Marital Return to Education” (with Nathaniel Bechhofer
• “Public Opinion, Education, and IQ”
• “Education as a Signal of Conscientiousness”
• “Over-Estimating the Social Budget Constraint: A Key to Political Discontent?”
• “Economic Generations?: A Test of Strauss and Howe’s Generational Hypothesis”
• “Expectational Equilibria, Democratic Transitions, and the Stability of Private Legal Systems”
• “Group Interest: The Root of Social Conflict”
• “Free-Market Keynesianism: Why Free-Market Economists Should Start Being Keynesians, and Keynesians Should Stop Being Statists.”

Dissertations and Theses Chaired

• Parker Norman. “The Role of ‘Too Big to Fail’ Status in Bank Merger Activity.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Defended 12/3/07.
• Gerald Prante. “What Does the American Public Believe About Tax Policy?” Ph.D. Dissertation. Defended 4/6/10.
• David Bieler. “How Incentives and Overpromising By Public Officials Contribute to Cost, Schedule, and Performance Shortfalls in the U.S. Master’s Thesis. Defended 4/15/10. Defense Acquisition Programs.” Masters Thesis. Defended 4/15/10.
• Kenneth Conrad. “Signals from the Equity and Options Markets for Stock Selection.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Defended 11/28/12.
• Zachary Gochenour. “The Political Economy of Immigration.” Ph.D. Dissertation. Defended 7/28/14.

Selected Presentations

• “Rational Ignorance versus Rational Irrationality.” 1999 Public Choice Society Meetings.
• “What Makes People Think Like Economists?” 2000 Public Choice Society Meetings.
• “Systematically Biased Beliefs About Economics.” 2000 Southern Economic Association Meetings.
• “The Idea Trap.” 2001 Public Choice Society Meetings.
• “The Logic of Collective Belief.” University of Delaware Economics Department Seminar. Fall, 2001.
• “Sociotropes, Systematic Bias, and Political Failure.” 2002 Public Choice Society Meetings.
• “The Idea Trap.” University of Oklahoma Economics Department Seminar. Spring, 2002.
• “Debate with Prof. Peter Boettke: Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist… and Why You Shouldn’t Be Either.” George Mason University Economics Society, 2002.
• “Do We Underestimate the Benefits of Cultural Competition?” 2004 American Economic Assocation Meetings.
• “Debate with Prof. Lawrence Iannacone: Is Religion Rational?” George Mason University Economics Society, 2005.
• “Irrational Politics and Free Trade.” Heritage Foundation, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Cato Institute, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Trinity College, 2007.
• “Debate with Prof. Donald Wittman: Is Democracy a Failure?” George Mason University Economics Society, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” National Economists Club, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, George Mason University, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Yale Center for the Study of American Politics and Yale Law School, 2007.
• “Majorities Against Utility: Implications of the Failure of the Miracle of Aggregation.” Aggregation in Moral and Political Philosophy Conference. Social Philosophy and Policy Center, Bowling Green State University, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Miller Center of Public Affairs, University of Virginia, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Department of Economics, University of Virginia, 2007.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State, 2007.
• “Plenary Session: The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Public Choice Society Meetings, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” SXSW Interactive, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” The World Bank, 2008.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” GMU Economics Society and Foundation for Economic Education.”
• “Majorities Against Utility: Implications of the Failure of the Miracle of Aggregation.” Colloquium on Collective Wisdom. College de France, 2008.
• “Why I Love Economics, and You Should Too.” Summer Economics Institute, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Homo Politicus: Ignorant, Dogmatic, Irrational? Conference on Political Ignorance and Dogmatism. American Political Science Association, 2008.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, George Mason University, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Noblis, 2008.
• “Systematically Biased Beliefs About Political Influence.” Public Choice Seminar, George Mason University, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Jefferson Literary and Debating Society, 2008.
• “The Myth of the Rational Voter.” Singapore Civil Service College, 2008.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), 2008.
• “Debate with Prof. Robin Hanson: Liberty versus Efficiency.” George Mason University Economics Society, 2009.
• “Persuasion, Slack, and Traps: How Can Economists Change the World?” Mont Pelerin Society, 2009.
• “Debate with David Balan: Separation of Health and State.” George Mason University Economics Society, 2010.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, “America and the World” lecture series, George Mason University, 2010.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” Oliver Wyman. 2011.
• “Selfish Reasons to Have More Kids.” Cato Institute. 2011.

Professional Associations
Referee for Public Choice, Southern Economic Journal, Economic Inquiry, Economics of Governance, Eastern Economic Journal, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Social Science History, National Tax Journal, Review of Austrian Economics, Journal of Public Economic Theory, International Review of Economic and Finance, Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Social Science Quarterly, Journal of Labor Research, American Political Science Review, American Economic Review, Social Forces, the European Journal of Political Research, Economics and Philosophy, Rationality and Society, Economic Journal, Journal of Public Economics, Constitutional Political Economy, and American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

Prizes and Awards

• Winner of the 2005 Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties.
• First Place Article, 2006 Templeton Enterprise Awards (with Edward Stringham).

Media Coverage
Research discussed in The Economist, The Financial Times, The Times of London, In These Times, New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph, The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, The American Prospect, The Guardian, USA Today, The Washington Post, and The Globe and Mail.

References

Prof. N. Gregory Mankiw
Department of Economics
Harvard University
Littauer Center 223
Cambridge, MA 02138
[email protected]

Prof. David Romer
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Economics
549 Evans Hall #3880
Berkeley, CA 94720-3880
510-642-1785
[email protected]

Prof. Tyler Cowen
Department of Economics
George Mason University
MSN 1D3
Fairfax, VA 22030
703-993-2312
[email protected]

Prof. Timur Kuran
Department of Economics
Duke University
213 Social Sciences Building
Box 90097
Durham, NC 27708
919-660-1872
[email protected]