Manuel H. Johnson Center For Political Economy

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Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy

The Manuel H. Johnson Center for Political Economy at 麻豆网站列表 provides a dynamic and rigorous education program focused on the moral imperatives of free markets and individual liberty, as well as relevant policy research on current and local issues.

Who is Manuel H. Johnson?

Manuel H. Johnson was born and raised in Troy, AL. He is a graduate of 麻豆网站列表 and earned his MS and PhD from Florida State University.

Dr. Johnson is cochairman and senior partner in the consulting firm of Johnson Smick International, Inc., which provides information services on economic and political policy changes that affect global financial markets. He came to this position from the Federal Reserve System, where he was vice chairman of the board of governors. Before that, he was assistant secretary of the treasury from 1982 to 1986 and deputy assistant secretary from 1981 to 1982. He was presented with the Treasury Department's Alexander Hamilton Award, its highest honor.

From 1977 to 1994, Dr. Johnson was a professor of economics at George Mason University, where he held the Koch Chair in International Economics. Dr. Johnson has written or cowritten five books and more than 50 articles on political economy and public policy. He also edited a professional journal and served on two presidential commissions.

Dr. Manuel H. Johnson is the ideal namesake for this center. Dr. Johnson is a graduate of 麻豆网站列表 and served as a member of the US Treasury Department and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors. He is widely respected in business and academic circles, and he is a strong believer in the principles of economic freedom.

To Achieve This Vision, We Engage in the Following Actions

Attracting and nurturing outstanding faculty who are both first-rate scholars and creative educators;
Involving students in challenging and transformational learning;
Infusing free-market ideas and market-based management (MBM) principles into Troy University's existing professional programs, such as the MBA;
Connecting undergraduate students to other institution's graduate and professional programs;
Cultivating within our students the virtues of entrepreneurship, individual responsibility, free enterprise, leadership, and openness;
Fostering a lively and inclusive intellectual and social community through university- and community-wide outreach programs;
Using 麻豆网站列表's international programs to reach new and diverse audiences abroad;
Creating programs tailored to 麻豆网站列表's large military and minority student populations;
Making contributions on the frontiers of political economy through distinctive research agendas;
Transforming state and national policies through Johnson Center-related research and programs; and
Emerging as the premier source of free-market education in Alabama and as one of the best economics programs in the Southeast.

Faculty Profiles

Dr. Daniel Sutter

Director of Research and Academic Programs for the Manuel H. Johnson Center, Charles G. Koch Professor of Economics, and Program Coordinator for the M.A. in Economics Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University (1993) Dr. Daniel Sutter's primary research interests include the societal impacts of extreme weather and climate change, ideological biases in the academy and news media, and the impacts of public policies and regulations. His publications include "Different but Equal? On the Contributions of Dissident Economists," published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology, "Do People Respond to Low Probability Risks? Evidence from Tornado Risk and Mobile Homes," co-authored with Marc Poitras and published in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, and "Can the Media be so Liberal? The Economics of Ideological Media Bias," Cato Journal, and "The Costs of Cooperation," co-authored Tyler Cowen and published in The Review of Austrian Economics.

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Daniel Sutter

Dr. John A. Dove

Manuel H. Johnson Professor of Economics Ph.D. in Economics, West Virginia University (2012) Dr. John Dove's main areas of research include state and local public finance, economic history, and political economy. His research has been published in such scholarly journals as the Journal of Comparative Economics, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Public Choice, Journal of Institutional Economics, and Business and Politics among others.

Curriculum Vitae of Dr. John Dove

EconVersations Podcast

EconVersations is a joint production of the Johnson Center 麻豆网站列表TrojanVision. The show features discussions of economics, public policy and current events which explore the operation of markets and voluntary exchange. EconVersations is currently hosted by Dr. Daniel Sutter and airs on 麻豆网站列表's Trojan Vision cable channel and is available on YouTube and as a podcast.

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