Dr. Tyler CowenGeneral Director - Mercatus Center Work: (703) 993-2312 BiographyThe Mercatus Center is a research organization that explores how individuals cooperate though the market and political process. Results are used to apply the scientific insights of economics to real-world problems in order to provide practical solutions.Academic BackgroundB.S.: George Mason University (Economics).Ph.D.: Harvard University (Economics). Select Publications or PresentationsIn Praise of Commercial Culture (Boston, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1998).Editor, Public Goods and Market Failures: A Critical Examination (New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers, 1991). Co-author, "Deregulated Private Water Supply: A Policy Option for Developing Countries," Cato Journal, 1998. Issue SpecialitiesCommercial culture, capitalism, banking, free market, competition, tragedy of the commons, private property rights, public goods, water supply, utilities, privatization, venture capitalism, non-profits, art funding, and culture.Calvert IndexLegal/Regulatory/JudicialMunicipal Services/Privatization |
