Virgil Henry Storr
@vstorr
Economist @ Mercatus Center and George Mason University.
What if how we view the poor is making it harder for them to escape poverty? A thread. 1/11
One thing the markets-as-moral spaces economists are absolutely right about is the social and psychological value of meeting someone in a high trust space where there's mutual recognition that you're helping each other out. "This guy likes to do business" can be very high praise.
My piece for The Hill on how consensus economic views are being ignored...
Economic consensus is out: Fiscal feelings rule the day tinyurl.com/2s3fujc9
At PCS meetings in March 2025 I received the James M Buchanan Distinguished Fellow Award. I recently finished editing my talk for that occasion detailing the work of our research team @HayekProgram over last two decades … papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…
Civil society isn’t dead—it’s evolving. @sjhaeffele & @vstorr explain how local communities still solve problems when government falters. bit.ly/4kNeCQi
Announcing the 2025 Oxford Seminar on AI x Philosophy 🤖 🏛️ An 8-week exploration at the intersection of philosophical thought and cutting-edge AI development, led by @PhilippKoralus and myself. Open-source syllabus below, plus a chance to attend virtually 👇