James T. Bennett

James T. Bennett (1942–2024) was a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, Eminent Scholar, the William P. Snavely Chair of Political Economy and Public Policy in the Department of Economics, and Director of the John M. Olin Institute for Employment Practice and Policy at George Mason University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Case Western Reserve University, and was a McKinsey Scholar at Columbia University, Ford Motor Company Scholar and Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland Fellow; and specialized in research related to public policy issues, the economics of government and bureaucracy, labor unions, and health charities.