August 21, 2007
What's New at GMU Econ
Bryan CaplanSince the new academic year is about to start, I thought I'd fill you in on what's new at GMU Econ.
First, the bad news: Some of our experimentalists are leaving, including Nobel prize-winner Vernon Smith.
Second, the good news: Two of the world's best experimentalists - Kevin McCabe and Dan Houser - are staying.
Third, the excellent news: Six outstanding new faculty have joined our department. They are... [drum roll please]
- Three noted economic historians: John Nye, Gary Richardson, and Werner Troesken
- Publishing machine - and piracy expert - Peter Leeson.
- Newly-minted University of Chicago political economist Omar Al-Ubaydli.
- and Garett Jones, a gracious iconoclast, and the world's leading researcher on economics and IQ.
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