Economist @ Mercatus Center and George Mason University.
Joined May 2007
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My wife Nona and I have a cherished Christmas tradition: On Christmas Eve, we head to the mall together but shop "separately" ... going from store to store with one another, only splitting when a potential gift catches our eye, no consultations allowed.
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This book cannot be published fast enough to help frame the political reality of the moment … link.springer.com/book/97830…
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One of the things that has made me most optimist over the last decade is the obvious demand among students for deep reading and serious conversation. At Mercatus my colleague @vstorr created an set of educational programs for advanced students as well as beginning starting in HS. This year alone we had for the advanced group 4,500 applications for 250 spots! (Yes, you read those numbers right) Students from the finest universities in Europe and US are applying to read Adam Smith and JS Mill, and FA Hayek and James Buchanan in depth and engage in serious conversation with scholars and fellow students. These participants have gone on to write books and articles , become professors at major universities and elite liberal arts colleges, public intellectuals and policy makers. This generation isn’t swallowed up by TikTok, Instagram, etc. There still is a demand for deep reading of classic texts and serious discussion on the foundational issues these texts raise.
"We live in an age of maximum information but minimum reflection."
New guest essay from Devin Stauffer, Professor of Government at @UTAustin and Cosmos Founding Fellow on why reading the Great Books is more urgent than ever.
blog.cosmos-institute.org/p/…
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In the second of a two-part series, @PeterBoettke and @vstorr finish their conversation on the legacy of Don Lavoie as both a mentor and scholar. Storr first reflects on the untimely death of Lavoie and the impact he left on his colleagues and students.
Later on, Boettke and Storr discuss the nature of scholarship and the process of exploring gaps in the social sciences before finishing their talk with some thoughts on the importance of interdisciplinary conversations.
🎧 Tune in to the Hayek Program Podcast
mercatus.org/hayekprogram/ha…
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If you have an aspiring economist or political economists in your family or broader friends network, please steer them to our programs at GMU (BA/BS; MA; PhD). We would love to have them join the conversation on the liberal principles of political economy and justice. DM for info
Introducing the first episode of our new series: The Hayekian Triangle 🔺
On this episode, our hosts, @vstorr, @ccoyne1, and @PeterBoettke explore the continuing relevance of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
Together, they dig into what Smith actually said, why the standard takes on laissez-faire and self-interest so often miss the mark, and what a Scottish moral philosopher writing in 1776 still has to teach us about wealth, poverty, and the institutions that make human flourishing possible.
🎧 Tune in to the Hayek Program Podcast: loom.ly/MHEHcQM
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Introducing the first episode of our new series: The Hayekian Triangle 🔺
On this episode, our hosts, @vstorr, @ccoyne1, and @PeterBoettke explore the continuing relevance of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations.
Together, they dig into what Smith actually said, why the standard takes on laissez-faire and self-interest so often miss the mark, and what a Scottish moral philosopher writing in 1776 still has to teach us about wealth, poverty, and the institutions that make human flourishing possible.
🎧 Tune in to the Hayek Program Podcast: loom.ly/MHEHcQM
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10 years ago today, I defended my dissertation and became Dr. Choi.
A lot has happened since… and I’d say it turned out pretty well!
But it was not a solo effort. I had a mentor who saw my potential and refused to let me fall short.
Thanks for taking a chance on me, @vstorr!
This is exactly right and should be widely read.
(Also putting here a public commitment to write more on this in the near term).
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Virgil Storr on ‘being an entrepreneur’ — he should know, been an amazing one in that space. Excited to see what’s next … linkedin.com/posts/virgil-st…
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Fresh off the press!!
The most important idea in economics is being automated out of existence — and that might be the most important economic insight of our time.
In his new generative book out today, The Marginal Revolution: Rise and Decline, and the Pending AI Revolution, @tylercowen explores what happens when AI begins to automate that intuition and reshape economics itself.
📖 Start reading: bit.ly/3O1YVd5
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Is there a Mercatus School of Political Economy? open.substack.com/pub/peterb…
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I got my start as a Mercatus fellow in a small cubicle back in the early 2000s (Norma Zimdahl fellow), and this @PeterBoettke post resonates.
What made @GeorgeMasonU Econ and @mercatus special wasn’t just “free markets”—it was the insistence that prices, institutions, and culture all matter.
Hard to reduce that to a “school,” but if there is one, it shaped a generation.
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What do markets offer the poor?
@ginnyschoi and @vstorr revisit Adam Smith's writings on the potential of markets to improve the material conditions of the poorest in society. mercatus.org/hayekprogram/re…
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If your friends aren't talking about:
-institutions
-self-governance
-political economy
-knowledge problems
-the art of association
-the impartial spectator
Time to find new friends. Apply to @mercatus fellowships to meet them & discuss ideas: mercatus.org/students/fellow…
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Sure, a few of us do.
See, e.g., "Neoliberal Social Justice" by @nc0we, "Is Social Justice a Mirage?" by @vstorr & @sjhaeffele, & the work of various "bleeding heart libertarian" writers like @Mattzwolinski & @RoderickTLong.
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"I like Hayek a lot less ambivalently than I once did, and von Mises, who once seemed to me a crude and irascible precursor of Hayek, now seems to me to be (mostly) a shining star (and sometimes fun, not least because of his crudeness and irascibility). The reason is simple: They were apostles of freedom. They believed in freedom from fear."
I will be talking with Cass Sunstein next week, what questions would you like to see him address about liberalism?
On Classical Liberalism open.substack.com/pub/casssu…
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Tyranny Comes Home | Stanford University Press sup.org/books/politics/tyran…
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📢Excited to announce the 1991 Fellowship @mercatus - to find and back the next generation of policy thinkers working on state-level deregulation in India.
Funding, mentorship, and support to turn good ideas into policy.
Apply here: mercatus.org/1991-fellowship.
Deadline Feb 28.
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Virgil Storr is a master educational entrepreneur. He took a program that was reaching 15 PhD students almost exclusively in economics and philosophy, and expanded through an array of educational programs one that now reaches over 700 students each year exposing them to ideas of Smith and Mill; Hayek and Buchanan; and contemporary developments in the exploration of the liberal principles of political economy and justice. The participants range from HS to PhD, and early career academics to successful serial entrepreneurs. Just take the time to look over the array of opportunities. Virgil has helped create the classic ‘invisible’ university which challenges the orthodoxy in social sciences and humanities and cultivates a critical and creative discourse community of curious and committed life long learners.
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I am a huge fan of innovation in education. We in higher ed don’t have enough innovation. But sometimes the most innovative initiatives can be grounded in the old methods of Socratic dialogue. @vstorr Fellowship Programs | Mercatus Center mercatus.org/students