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name: Alex Tabarrok
role: Economic Advisor
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Alex Tabarrok is Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the [Mercatus Center](http://mercatus.org/) and a professor of economics at [George Mason University](https://gmu.edu). He specializes in intellectual property reform, the effectiveness of markets, and the justice system.

Tabarrok is the coauthor, with Mercatus colleague Tyler Cowen, of the popular economics blog [_Marginal Revolution_](http://www.marginalrevolution.com/) and cofounder of the online educational platform [Marginal Revolution University](http://mruniversity.com/). He is the coauthor of _[Modern Principles of Economics](http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Principles-Economics-Tyler-Cowen/dp/1429239972)_, and author of the recent book _[Launching the Innovation Renaissance](http://www.amazon.com/Launching-The-Innovation-Renaissance-Market-ebook/dp/B006C1HX24)_. His articles have appeared in the _New York Times_, the _Washington Post_, the _Wall Street Journal_, and many other prestigious publications.

Tabarrok received his PhD in economics from [George Mason University](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mason_University "George Mason University").