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More from Mercatus We bridge the gap The Mercatus Center is a research center at George Mason University that advances knowledge about how markets solve problems and help us lead happier healthier and richer lives. For more than 40 years Mercatus has supported leading talent and scholarship in the mainline economics tradition applying rigorous research to realworld concerns. Through our continuing efforts to bridge the gap between theory and practice we strive to realize a world where markets operate at their full potential to increase abundance civility and wellbeing. We train tomorrow039s academic leaders In 1980 when Mercatus got its start in supporting graduate study of economics its initial group consisted of just three students.