Michael Marlow (economist)

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Michael Louis Marlow
Academic career
Institution California Polytechnic State University
Field Regulatory economics
Alma mater George Washington University
Virginia Tech

Michael L. Marlow is a professor of economics at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly). He is also an affiliated senior scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. [1] He holds a BA from George Washington University and a PhD from Virginia Tech, both in economics. [2] He joined the California Polytechnic State University faculty in 1988 and was named a University Distinguished Scholar by the university in 2007. [3] Prior to joining Cal Poly, he was an associate professor of economics at George Washington University from 1979 to 1983, [4] and also worked as a senior financial economist at the U.S. Treasury from 1983 to 1988. [5] He is known for opposing government regulation of e-cigarettes [6] and of unhealthy foods and beverages. [7] [8] He has also argued that alcohol taxes primarily reduce consumption by light drinkers, not by heavy drinkers, [9] and has criticized Proposition 65 for being ineffective with respect to public health benefits. [10] [11] His research into the effects of smoking laws [12] has been criticized for being funded by Philip Morris, and for methodological flaws. [13]

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  4. Weaver, Carolyn L. (1990). Social Security's Looming Surpluses: Prospects and Implications. American Enterprise Institute. pp. xii. ISBN   9780844737294.
  5. Marlow, Michael L. (2011). The Myth of Fair and Efficient Government: Why The Government You Want Is Not The One You Get. ABC-CLIO. p. 215. ISBN   9780313392924.
  6. "Michael L. Marlow: FDA should butt out of e-cigarette therapy". Los Angeles Daily News . 2012-04-04.
  7. "George Will: Why government needs a diet". Washington Post.
  8. Marlow, Michael L. (31 March 2013). "The Skinny on Anti-Obesity Soda Laws". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  9. Chapman, Steve (7 November 2010). "Attack of the food police". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  10. "Michael Marlow: After 3 decades, Prop. 65 needs overhaul". The Orange County Register. 2014-05-09.
  11. Michael L. Marlow (20 January 2014). "Michael Marlow: Caution: This Warning May Be Useless - WSJ". WSJ.
  12. Dunham, J.; Marlow, ML. (July 2000). "Smoking laws and their differential effects on restaurants, bars, and taverns". Contemporary Economic Policy. 18 (3): 326–333. doi:10.1111/j.1465-7287.2000.tb00029.x.
  13. Alamar, BC; Glantz, SA (October 2004). "Smoke-free Ordinances Increase Restaurant Profit and Value". Contemporary Economic Policy. 22 (4): 520–525. doi:10.1093/cep/byh038. PMC   3104276 . PMID   21637722.