Jon Hartley - Class of 2020

About Jon

Jon Hartley is an economist-in-training (currently an economics PhD student at Stanford University) and is working on a number of international economics topics like measuring the extent of "de-dollarization", the economic impact of Hong Kong's national security law, and the "New Washington Consensus". He is also currently a Research Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity, a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and a research associate at the Hoover Institution. He also is the host of the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century economics podcast and serves as chair of the Economic Club of Miami. He's previously worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, the Federal Reserve, and the Congressional Joint Economic Committee as well as acted as an economic policy adviser for several conservative political campaigns in the US and Canada.

Jon has also been a regular economics contributor for National Review Online, Forbes and The Huffington Post and has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail, and National Post, as well as many TV outlets. Jon was also named to the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Law & Policy list, the 2017 Wharton 40 Under 40 list.

Future Plans

I am currently writing several thought leadership pieces (op-eds and essays) trying to define the "New Washington Consensus", that is the new regime of new anti-free market economic policies that define the economic policy agendas of the "New Right" and the Biden administration. I am also working on finishing my economics PhD program at Stanford.

What do you enjoy about Maverick PAC the most?

MavPac has been such a wonderful community to engage with that has really helped bring together like-minded policymakers, thinkers, activists and voting citizens. Have made so many friends! The speaker roster is also second to none in terms of member-speaker interaction. I'm always impressed.