Dr. Howard Baetjer, Jr.Visiting Professor, Department of Economics Work: (410) 830-2959 BiographyFounding trustee and board chairman of Children's Scholarship Fund Baltimore, which has raised $2 million in local and matching funds to provide partial scholarships for Baltimore City children. Research fellow, Mercatus Center at George Mason University; research fellow, Institute for Humane Studies, Arlington, Va.; senior associate, Foresight Institute, Palo Alto, Calif.Academic BackgroundB.A.: Princeton University (Psychology).M.A.: University of Edinburgh (English Literature). M.A.: Boston College (Political Science). Ph.D.: George Mason University (Economics). Select Publications or PresentationsSoftware as Capital: An Economic Perspective on Software Engineering (Los Alamitos, Calif.: IEEE Computer Society Press, 1998).Co-author, "Doing Time Chills Crime," The World and I, Mar. 1997. "Private Schools in the Inner City," The Freeman, Nov. 1986. Issue SpecialitiesVouchers, school choice, education, regulation, economic growth, occupational licensing, conservation, market environmentalism, property rights, public sector economics.Calvert IndexTaxation/Budget/Economic PolicyState & Municipal Services/Privatization Education/School Choice/Multiculturalism Housing/Urban Redevelopment/Planning Environment/Transportation Policy |
