Tyler A. Watts

Tyler Watts earned his PhD in economics at George Mason University in 2010. He currently teaches economics at East Texas Baptist University and runs the Institute for Economic Education (see YouTube channel here), a public outreach focused on integrating economics with a Biblical worldview and providing unique teaching tools for high school and college economics students.

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Demagoguery vs. Data on Employment in America

03/15/2016 Mises Wire Tyler A. Watts

Demagogue politicians love to play on popular fears that low-wage foreigners are “stealing” good paying American jobs by way of outsourcing and globalization. The claim is made by protectionists of...

The “Buy-Local” Canard

05/17/2011 Mises Daily Tyler A. Watts

In fact, when people take "buy local" seriously, they are setting the stage for absurd and potentially tragic economic results.

No Policy, Just Rents: An Insider’s Perspective on US Agricultural Subsidies

03/15/2011 Tyler A. Watts Les Watts

Session on Economics Policy. Recorded March 11, 2011, at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. [18:13]

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