Doug Norton, PhD

Welcome to my website! I am faculty in the Department of Economics where I demonstrate to students the power of economics to explain the world around them. ​
 

But, man cannot live on economics alone. The most pressing challenges we face demand more than a single perspective. That’s where PPE—Philosophy, Politics, and Economics—comes in. As an interdisciplinary field, PPE challenges the idealist to confront questions of effectiveness and feasibility and pushes the pragmatist to grapple with deeper values. 

With the Institute for Governance and Civics, I work to help build more responsible leaders and effective citizens. We do this by strengthening economic literacy through a world-class speaker series, book clubs, improving storytelling around the real-world impact of economic policies, and creating data products that serve the needs of both citizens and decision-makers.