Center for the Study of Economics and Liberty

Participants of the book club where we read Anthem by Ayn Rand. The book club was led by Andrés Marroquín.

Our student Reid Maclain presented her research “The Role of Ideology in Shaping Essential Values” at APEE 2024 in Las Vegas, NV.

Reid Maclain, a junior econ major, has won the Fall 2023 Undergraduate Research Award. He will be working on a project entitled “The Role of Ideology in Shaping Essential Values.” Find more information about our research grants here.

Join the book club! We will read WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird by Peter Leeson. Application deadline is September 6. Apply here.

Apply for a grant and receive up to $2,000 to perform research and present at a national conference! Deadline September 18, 2023.

Professor Andrés Marroquin presented his paper (joined with Antonio Saravia and Rafael Acevedo) “Heterogeneous layers of public opinion: The case of Venezuela” at SOBIE 2022.

Our student Allison Whitehead presented her research “Economic Beliefs and Perceptions of Mixed-Gender Teams” at SOBIE 2022 in Destin, FL.

Nice piece about our book clubs at The Mercer Cluster.

Learn more about Economics at Mercer. Hear from your professors about courses, the CSEL, graduate opportunities and what the job market for economists looks like. Watch the video here.