Our fifth annual Markets & Society meeting will begin in a couple of hours! We begin tonight with Dr. Virgil Storr’s keynote. See you all tonight!! @vstorr

📢 Vol. 2, Issue 1 of Markets & Society is out! As America marks 250 years of independence, scholars examine the achievements, shortcomings, and future of liberal democracy. Read the full issue, available open access! 👇 marketsandsociety.org/2026-v…

Our 2026-2027 Mercatus Fellowships are in full swing! 🎉 We've welcomed new and returning fellows, kicked off our first colloquia, and begun another exciting year of conversations about markets, liberty, and the ideas and institutions that shape our society. Here's to a great year! 📚

Alexander Schaefer joined the Adam Smith Fellowship while pursuing his PhD in economics at the University of Arizona. The fellowship shaped his research agenda, providing ideas for papers and influencing the way he approaches economics and the world. Smith Alum Alexander Schaefer shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story. mercatus.org/students/econom…

Lillian Foos discovered the Exploring Complex Solutions fellowship as a high school student after her father, an economics teacher, encouraged her to apply. The experience deepened her interest in economics and education policy and gave her the confidence to pursue a career in education and make a difference. Mercatus Alum Lillian Foos shares her story. mercatus.org/students/econom…

Bryan Cheang discovered the Adam Smith Fellowship during his PhD studies in political economy at King's College London. Coming from Singapore, Bryan was drawn to the fellowship's interdisciplinary approach and its focus on understanding how free markets and liberal institutions work across different cultural contexts. Smith Alum @bryancheang_ shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story. loom.ly/4v3e_-8

As a high school student, Zofia had no way to pursue her growing curiosity about economics. The fellowship changed everything. Today, as a college freshman studying economics with interests in economic history and quantitative methods, Zofia credits her three years participating in Mercatus fellowships taking the Exploring Complex Solutions fellowship twice in high school and currently participating in the Don Lavoie Fellowship with shaping her entire academic trajectory and showing her what economics could be. High School Alum Zofia Maruszewska shares her Mercatus Fellowship Story. loom.ly/OVaY8Fw

In 2021, having completed his PhD and started as a tenured assistant professor at the National University of Political Science and Public Administration (SNSPA), David applied for the James Buchanan Fellowship. He was looking for that intellectual curiosity "I think meeting some other guys that are in a way similar to myself. I think the type of networking and connection and intellectual connection between me and similar peers." Buchanan Alum David Diaconu shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story. loom.ly/QXC-plo

Toward the end of his master's program in philosophy and cognitive science from Tübingen Malte found out about Mercatus. "And then towards the end of that, someone I met through that scholarship, the scholarship was like a German liberal organization scholarship, introduced me to Mercatus and was like, man, Malte, I think you would really like these people and you really like these events, you should apply. " Malte applied for the Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship. It was his first time visiting the United States, and it opened a world he hadn't imagined. Bastiat & Smith Alum Malte Hendrickx shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story. loom.ly/ZVvux3E