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Bryan Caplan
Finance & Economics
Bryan Caplan is an American economist and author whose academic work focuses on behavioral economics, public economics, and public choice theory.
Biography
Bryan Douglas Caplan is an American economist and author born on April 8, 1971. He is a professor of economics at George Mason University, a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, and an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute. His academic work concentrates on behavioral economics and public economics, particularly public choice theory.
Caplan describes himself as an economic libertarian. He formerly contributed to the Freakonomics blog and now publishes his own blog, Bet on It. In Open Borders, he argues for unrestricted immigration, presenting an economic case that opening borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and substantially expand the global economy. The book includes illustrations by Zach Weinersmith.
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Books by Bryan Caplan
Open Borders
Open Borders makes the case for unrestricted immigration, arguing that opening all borders could eliminate absolute poverty worldwide and generate a booming global economy. It presents the argument in a conversational style with illustrations by Zach Weinersmith.