Michael Munger
Michael Munger | |
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Munger speaking in 2021 | |
| Born | September 23, 1958 Gotha, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Davidson College (BA) Washington University in St. Louis (MA, Ph.D.) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science Economics |
| Institutions | Duke University Dartmouth College University of Texas at Austin UNC-Chapel Hill Federal Trade Commission |
| Notable ideas | Contributions to bleeding-heart libertarian theory |
| Website | |
Michael Curtis Munger (/ˈmʌnɡər/; born September 23, 1958) is an American economist and a former chair of the political science department at Duke University, where he continues to teach political science, public policy, and economics. He is a prolific writer, and his book Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practices is now a standard work in the field of policy analysis. In 2008 he was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of North Carolina.