Lauren Frazier

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Lauren Frazier is studying Economics at Truman State University in Kirksville, MO.

In addition to serving as a research assistant in the Economics Department, she is an avid cyclist, triathlete, and an executive member of the Truman State Sharpshooters club.

She also calls home football games for the Truman Bulldogs, writes poetry, and helps out on the family farm in her free time.

Eyes, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes: Rebutting Robert Gordon’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’

"We are wealthier now, not because we earn more but because we trade less of our time for goods. The real 'superabundance' comes not from ample money or wealth but…

Eyes, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes: Rebutting Robert Gordon’s ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’

The Zoning Laws Cometh For Dollar General

"Rather than allowing their friends, neighbors, and the broader community to use their wallets to decide who can sell laundry detergent and tacky lawn decor, they have taken it upon…

The Zoning Laws Cometh For Dollar General

Too Much Power?

"Time will tell if future Fed officials are as resistant to political pressures as its current leadership, succumb to seemingly ever-resurgent MMT influences, or exercise great responsibility in maintaining a…

Too Much Power?

Pulse Checking Healthcare Choice

"Improved transparency would help free both patients and providers from the current warped incentives and political jockeying that leave Americans holding a hefty bill over which they have little choice."…

Pulse Checking Healthcare Choice

Big Screen Price Discrimination

"If cheap front-row tickets bring people back to the theaters, let them come. The market will reveal whether AMC is in its final showing or ready for a remaster." ~…

Big Screen Price Discrimination

Gun Control, States’ Rights, and Bernie Sanders

"As argued in principle by Madison, confining our country’s broad experiences with any issue or belief–in this case, gun legislation–to one sweeping federal action would miss the mark and create…

Gun Control, States’ Rights, and Bernie Sanders

Five College Campus Myths

"Many college students and young people are remarkably receptive to economic theory, but lack the experience with mainline economic education and research to come to sound economic conclusions on their…

Five College Campus Myths