Ryan Langrill

Ryan Langrill is a fourth year PhD student in the Department of Economics at George Mason University. Ryan graduated in 2008 from Gonzaga University with a degree in Economics and History. While at George Mason he has worked as a Research Assistant to Dr. Russell Roberts and Dr. Alex Tabarrok. Ryan’s research has been published in the Journal of Philosophical Economics.

Published Research

Behavioral economics as interpretive economics

Ryan Langrill | Dec 01, 2012

Thinking, Fast and Slow is a book about how people think—how the mind interprets information given to it. I will focus on issues relevent to readers of the RAE and the opportunities Kahneman's research program presents, rather than an in-depth analysis of the book because there are a large number of reviews for general readers.

The Evolution of Merchant Moral Thought in Tokugawa Japan

Ryan Langrill | May 29, 2012

The Tokugawa Era of Japan is known for its domination by the shogunate, or warrior bureaucracy. While samurai capture the popular imagination, the merchant class of this era was changing their cultural narrative as well.