Mercatus Center

About the organization

Founded in 1980, the Mercatus Center is located on George Mason University’s Arlington and Fairfax campuses. It is a university-based research center that advances knowledge about how markets work to improve people’s lives by training graduate students, conducting research, and applying economics to offer solutions to society’s most pressing problems. Mercatus Center is the world’s premier university source for market-oriented ideas—bridging the gap between academic ideas and real-world problems.