The economic constitution necessitates a legal structure that constraints the choices and activities of the economic and political agents. The concept of economic constitution canpotentiate a third ...

The Cato Institute (where I am the Simon Chair in Constitutional Studies, in addition to my position at George Mason University) has issued a call for papers for its upcoming April 2024 symposium on ...

A man ferries goods at Mau Summit along the Nakuru–Eldoret Highway. Wanjiku is more interested in making ends meet than check politicians.[Kipsang Joseph, Standard] Ten years is a short time, but long ...

Public Economics – Public Choice represents a pivotal field in economic theory that applies the analytical rigour of rational choice and market principles to the study of political decision‐making.

I've long been interested in how state courts sometimes provide protection for economic liberty under state constitutions, beyond what the federal constitution would offer. I've seen this particularly ...

Increasingly, American governors are turning to broad “shelter-in-place” orders to prevent the person-to-person spread of the coronavirus. These acts follow on the heels of even more expansive ...

Behavioral economics has taken the academy by storm over the past two decades. The Obama administration has even looked to the discipline—which posits that psychological biases frequently lead ...