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Todd Zywicki
Senior ScholarProfessor of Law, George Mason University School of Law; Senior Fellow, James Buchanan Center, George Mason University
Biography
Todd Zywicki is a senior scholar with the Mercatus Center, professor of law at George Mason University School of Law, and a senior fellow with the James Buchanan Center, George Mason University.
Professor Zywicki clerked for Judge Jerry E. Smith of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and worked as an associate at Alston & Bird in Atlanta, Georgia, where he practiced bankruptcy law. He received his J.D. from the University of Virginia (1993), where he was executive editor of the Virginia Tax Review and John M. Olin Scholar in Law and Economics.
Professor Zywicki earned a MA in economics from Clemson University (1990) and an BA with high honors from Dartmouth College (1988). Professor Zywicki is the author of more than 25 articles in leading law reviews and economics journals. He has testified before Congress on bankruptcy reform issues and is a frequent commentator in the print and broadcast media.
Articles, Commentary, and Publications
- The Law & Economics of Subprime Lending
- Mercatus Reports: Summer 2007: Subprime Mortgage Lending
- Gordon Tullock's Critique of the Common Law
- Written Testimony on Medical Debt and Bankruptcy
- Public Interest Comment on Subprime Mortgage Lending
- Written Testimony on Credit Card Practices - Current Consumer and Regulatory Issues Submitted to the Financial Services Committee Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
- Mercatus Reports: Spring 2007
- Food Industry Marketing to Children Report
- Mercatus Reports: Winter 2004-2005
