The Mercatus Center at George Mason University is a research center focused on improving our understanding of how societies transition to prosperity and remain prosperous over time. The findings of that research are then communicated to decision makers in a position to act on them.
Mercatus researchers and the students they work with seek to bridge theory and practice to better understand how market-oriented systems enable human well being.
Mercatus research addresses the conditions that enable good governance and successful economies, specifically: the drivers of social, political, and economic change, international and domestic economic development, entrepreneurship and the institutions that enable it, the benefits and costs of regulatory policy, and government performance and transparency. Mercatus researchers work closely with colleagues at George Mason as well as a growing network of leading scholars world wide.
The findings from Mercatus research are published and communicated to decision makers in a position to make use of them through a suite of targeted outreach programs and the media.