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Bryan Caplan
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Born	Bryan Douglas Caplan (1971-04-08) April 8, 1971 (age 54) Northridge, California, U.S.
Education	University of California, Berkeley (BA) Princeton University (PhD)

Academic career
Field	Economics
School or tradition	Anarcho-capitalism Libertarianism Public choice
Influences	Ben Bernanke,^[1] James M. Buchanan, Michael Huemer, Ludwig von Mises,^[2] Philip Tetlock^[3]
Contributions	Rational irrationality
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Website	bcaplan.com

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Bryan Douglas Caplan (born April 8, 1971) is an American economist and author. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University,^[4] a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, and a former contributor to the Freakonomics blog.^[5] He currently publishes his own blog, Bet on It.^[6] Caplan is a self-described "economic libertarian".^[7]^[8] The bulk of Caplan's academic work is in behavioral economics and public economics, especially public choice theory.^[9]

^ Crittenden, Michael R. (June 26, 2009). "Bernanke Blasted in House". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on September 1, 2019. Retrieved November 20, 2019. Bryan Caplan, a George Mason University economics professor and a former Ph.D student of Mr. Bernanke's.
^ "Why I Am Not an Austrian Economist". Econfaculty.gmu.edu. Archived from the original on July 4, 2019. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
^ "Bryan Caplan on the Case Against Education". EconTalk (Podcast). February 12, 2018. 33:50 minutes in. Archived from the original on April 30, 2019. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
^ "Economics | Faculty and Staff: Bryan D Caplan". Economics. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
^ "Bryan Caplan Archives". Archived from the original on August 20, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
^ Caplan, Bryan (March 2022). "Bet on It: What's in the Name?". betonit.substack.com. Retrieved September 8, 2022.
^ Block, Walter (2010). I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians. Ludwig von Mises Institute. p. 429. ISBN 9781610162708.^: 73
^ Hatlestad, Luc (August 19, 2016). "Is Anarchy the Solution to Our Political Problems?". 5280. Archived from the original on September 27, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
^ Menand, Louis (July 9, 2007). "Fractured Franchise". The New Yorker. Conde Nast. Archived from the original on October 11, 2016. Retrieved September 29, 2016.