Yesterday, I published an article on Tyler Cowen. I argued that he has gone Keynesian. This of course assumes that he was not previously a Keynesian. Maybe you thought: “So what?” Today, I want to explain why this is significant. Tyler Cowen is the director of the Mercatus Center of George Mason University. The multi-billionaire industrialist Charles Koch is on the Board of Directors of the Mercatus Center. The Kochs gave $3.7 million to the Center, 2007-2011. They are its major supporters. I can understand why the Kochs gave $10 million to the Institute for Humane Studies. There are lots of non-Keynesian economists who could be funded … Continue reading The Koch Brothers’ Favorite Economist