Sam Branthoover

Yapese Rai Stones

Jan 20, 2023 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Research Governance Signaling ·

The Yapese are an island culture in the pacific (Micronesia); they’ve inhabited the same islands for, at least, two thousand years. They appear to use giant stones, weighing upwards of a ton, as a money.

Market for Government Control?

Sep 15, 2022 · 3 min read · Sam Branthoover Governance Public Choice ·

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Which is preferable: democracy, or monarchy? In the debate between monarchy and democracy, the winner depends on the ideology and the crowd.

Acholi Anarchy

Jul 30, 2022 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Research Acholi Signaling ·

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I’ve been researching the Acholi people of Uganda and South Sudan for a year, specifically their marital norms to explain polygamous behavior.

About

Jul 22, 2022 · 1 min read · Janna Lu Sam Branthoover About Us ·

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Janna Lu is a Ph.D. student at George Mason University, with a B.A. in economics from Grove City College. She is interested in public policy and organizational economics. Sam Branthoover is a senior economics student at Grove City College, hoping to pursue research that lies at the intersection of historical, sociological, and organizational economics...

The Bureaucracy of Campaigns

Jul 22, 2022 · 4 min read · Sam Branthoover Economic calculation Elections Public choice ·

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Hollywood media like “House of Cards” and “Veep” make campaign work seem like the stuff left to pros.