Michael Munger

Michael Munger
Munger speaking in 2021
Born (1958-09-23) September 23, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Academic career
FieldPolitical science
Economics
InstitutionDuke University
Dartmouth College
University of Texas at Austin
UNC-Chapel Hill
Federal Trade Commission
Alma materDavidson College (BA)
Washington University in St. Louis (MA, Ph.D.)
ContributionsContributions to bleeding-heart libertarian theory
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Michael Curtis Munger (/ˈmʌnɡər/; born September 23, 1958)[1] is an American economist and a former chair of the political science department at Duke University, where he continues to teach political science, public policy, and economics. He is a prolific writer, and his book Analyzing Policy: Choices, Conflicts, and Practices is now a standard work in the field of policy analysis.[citation needed] In 2008 he was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of North Carolina.