Meg Tuszynski
Full-Time Faculty
Research Assistant Professor
Managing Director, Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom
Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom
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(214) 768-3170 |
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Bolin-Bridwell 1124 |
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Education
PhD, Economics, George Mason University
Biography
Meg Tuszynski is the Managing Director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom in the Cox School of Business at 正品蓝导航 University. She is also a Research Assistant Professor in the Cox School. Meg’s research interests primarily fall into two categories. One category of research seeks to understand the causes and consequences of variations in economic freedom across nations, states, and localities. A second strand of research seeks to advance our understanding of entangled political economy, which analyzes the inextricable intertwining of commercial and political interests. Meg has published research in Public Choice, the Southern Economic Journal, the Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, the Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy, and the American Journal of Entrepreneurship, among several others. She has also published popular pieces in outlets including Investors Business Daily, the Washington Examiner, the Dallas Morning News, and the Daily Caller.
Meg earned her PhD, MA in economics, BA in economics, and BA in philosophy from George Mason University.
Teaching
BUSE 6202: Managerial Economics
BUSE 6203: Macroeconomics
Research
Austrian Economics
Public Choice
New Institutional Economics
Political Economy
Publications
Tuszynski, M. and R. E. Wagner. 2025. “Rethinking Systems of Survival: Jane Jacobs Amplified via Complexity Theory.” In E. Alston, L. J. Alston, and B. Mueller (Eds.) Handbook on Institutions and Complexity (pp. 66-82). Edwar Elgar Publishing Limited.
Tuszynski, M. and R. E. Wagner. 2024. Reason, Ideology, and Democracy: A Study in Entangled Political Economy. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Tuszynski, M. 2024. “Review of The Ends of Freedom: Reclaiming America’s Lost Promise of Economic Rights by Mark Paul.” The Independent Review 29(2):
Lawson, R., V. Miozzi, and M. Tuszynski. 2024. “Economic Freedom and Growth, Income, Investment, and Inequality: A Quantitative Summary of the Literature.” Southern Economic Journal 90(4): 1099-1135.
Tuszynski, M. 2020. “Entanglement and Perverse Spontaneous Orders.” In D. H. Herbert and D. W. Thomas (Eds.) Emergence, Entanglement, and Political Economy (pp. 87-101). Springer Nature.
Tuszynski, M. and D. Stansel. 2020. “Immigration and State Institutions: Does Region of Origin Matter?” Cato Journal 40(3) Fall 2020: 625-664.
Murphy, R. H., M. Tuszynski, and J. Jackson. 2020. “Some Dynamics of Socioeconomic Relationships: Well-Being, Social Capital, Economic Freedom, Economic Growth, and Entrepreneurship.” American Journal of Entrepreneurship 13(1) June 2020: 4-44.
Tuszynski, M. and D. Stansel. 2018. “Targeted State Economic Development Incentives and Entrepreneurship.” Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy 7(3): 235-247.
Stansel, D. and M. Tuszynski. 2018. “Sub-National Economic Freedom: A Review and Analysis of the Literature.” Journal of Regional Analysis and Policy 48(1): 61-71.