D. W. MacKenzie

Douglas William MacKenzie (born 2 June 1966 in Livingston, NJ), is an American economist. His work as an economist focuses on public economics, the history interwar years, and Globalization. His PhD dissertation was directed by Tyler Cowen. His MA thesis was directed by Steve Cunningham.
Education and career
MacKenzie earned a BA in Economics and Management Science at Kean University, an MA in Economics at the University of Connecticut, and a PhD in Economics at George Mason University. After earning his MA he taught economics as an instructor at Kean University. MacKenzie attended graduate school at Auburn University for one quarter, but transferred to George Mason after the Auburn PhD program was discontinued. Shortly after proposing his dissertation, he taught at Ramapo College for two years. MacKenzie defended his dissertation in December 2005, and then moved to SUNY Plattsburgh.
In the field of Public Choice Economics MacKenzie focuses largely on informational issues in the determination of public policies. Much of this work concerns the planning of capital investment projects. MacKenzie's dissertation contrasted the capital investment by public officials with capital investment in financial markets. Some of his more recent work focuses on the international aspects of the Great Depression. MacKenzie has also published some short papers on Globalization.
Selected works
* review of Globalization and its Discontents in Public Choice (2004).
* review of Outsourcing America in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2005).
* “Politics and Knowledge, Expectations Formation in Democracy”, presented at the Southern Economics Association, November 2005.
* review of Confessions of an Economic Hitman in The Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship (2006).
* “Oscar Lange and the Impossibility of Economic Calculation”, Studia Economicze (2006).
* review of Supercapitalism in The American Journal of Economics and Sociology (2008).
* "The Use of Knowledge about Society”, The Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization (2008).
* “Social Dividends, Bureaucratic Rules, and Entrepreneurial Discretion”, Eastern Economic Journal (2008).

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