Daniel M. Rothschild

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Executive Vice President
Daniel M. Rothschild is an executive vice president at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He previously served as the executive director of Mercatus from June 2014-June 2024, during which time he led strategy and oversaw all programs and operations for the organization.
Prior to serving at Mercatus, Mr. Rothschild was director of state projects and a senior fellow with the R Street Institute. He joined R Street in October 2013 after two years as the first-ever director of external affairs and coalitions at the American Enterprise Institute. Previously, he spent six years in a variety of policy, communications, and project management positions at the Mercatus Center. He has worked extensively with think tanks throughout the country.
He was a 2012-13 National Review Institute Washington fellow. Dan has testified before the U.S. Congress and several state legislatures on tax and fiscal policy, government reform, and disaster recovery policy.
Rothschild has a bachelor’s degree from Grinnell College, a master’s degree from the University of Manchester, and a master’s degree in public policy from the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan.
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Disasters Should Be Dull
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Disasters Should Be Dull
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Mercatus 2014 Summer Reading List
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State Government Streamlining Commissions: Ten Factors for Success
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No Such Thing as Shovel Ready
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Did Stimulus Dollars Hire the Unemployed?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
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Virginia Sets Example for Cash-strapped States
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Case Against Taxing Cell Phone Subscribers
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Learning From the States
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
Eleven Ideas for State Legislatures in 2011
Latest Work
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Disasters Should Be Dull
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Essays Essays
Disasters Should Be Dull
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Mercatus 2014 Summer Reading List
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Housing Housing
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
State Government Streamlining Commissions: Ten Factors for Success
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Working Papers Working Papers
No Such Thing as Shovel Ready
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Did Stimulus Dollars Hire the Unemployed?
- | Corporate Welfare Corporate Welfare
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Virginia Sets Example for Cash-strapped States
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs
The Case Against Taxing Cell Phone Subscribers
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Learning From the States
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Policy Briefs Policy Briefs