James T. Bennett
Eminent Scholar, the William P. Snavely Chair of Political Economy and Public Policy, and Director of the John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy, Department of Economics, George Mason University
James T. Bennett
Eminent Scholar, the William P. Snavely Chair of Political Economy and Public Policy, and Director of the John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy, Department of Economics, George Mason University
James T. Bennett (1942–2024) was a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Eminent Scholar, the William P. Snavely Chair of Political Economy and Public Policy in the Department of Economics, and Director of the John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Case Western Reserve University, and was a McKinsey Scholar at Columbia University, Ford Motor Company Scholar and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Fellow; and specialized in research related to public policy issues, the economics of government and bureaucracy, labor unions, and health charities.
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{content}Highway Heist: America’s Crumbling Infrastructure and the Way Forward
In this eye-opening book, Professor James Bennett...
The Bicycle Lobby Goes Back to the Federal Trough
With gas prices high and heading up again, we may all need two-wheelers soon...
Highway Heist
America’s Crumbling Infrastructure and the Road Forward
Buttigieg’s ‘Reconnecting Communities’ Program Will Solve Nothing
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg has...
Time to Eliminate the Federal Gas Tax—and Federal Road Building
Today, about 20% of Highway Trust Fund monies are diverted to...
Unstoppable
The Emerging Left-Right Alliance to Dismantle the Corporate State
Regulatory Poison
Last summer the meat-processing company Hudson Foods recalled 25 million pounds of hamburger after several...
