Michael Munger

Michael Munger
Munger speaking in 2021
Born (1958-09-23) September 23, 1958
NationalityAmerican
Academic background
Alma materDavidson College (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (MA, Ph.D.)
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Economics
InstitutionsDuke University
Dartmouth College
University of Texas at Austin
UNC-Chapel Hill
Federal Trade Commission
Notable ideasContributions 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.