Meg Tuszynski

Meg Tuszynski serves as a Research Assistant Professor and Managing Director of the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom at Southern Methodist University's Cox School of Business. She holds a PhD in Economics from George Mason University and teaches Managerial Economics (BUSE 6202) and Macroeconomics (BUSE 6203).

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD in Economics, George Mason University
• MA in Economics, George Mason University
• BA in Economics, George Mason University
• BA in Philosophy, George Mason University

Dr. Tuszynski's research centers on two interconnected domains: the causal mechanisms and socioeconomic impacts of economic freedom across geopolitical scales, and entangled political economy examining the inseparable fusion of commercial and political interests. Her methodological approach integrates Austrian Economics, Public Choice theory, and New Institutional Economics to analyze spontaneous order, institutional evolution, and policy outcomes.

Analysis of her 2018-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on institutional quality metrics and entanglement theory. Her work demonstrates increasing methodological sophistication through quantitative meta-analyses (2024), complexity theory applications (2025), and interdisciplinary synthesis across economics, political science, and sociology. Key journals include Public Choice and Southern Economic Journal, with significant contributions to understanding how sub-national institutions mediate freedom-growth relationships.

No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.

While specific advising relationships aren't enumerated, her role as Managing Director involves supervising research initiatives at the Bridwell Institute. Grant funding details remain unspecified in available records.

She directs the Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, which functions as SMU's primary hub for research on free-market principles, hosting academic conferences, policy forums, and collaborative projects examining institutional frameworks that enable economic liberty.