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Dr. Glenn Furton is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He teaches courses in Urban Economics, Political Economy, and the History of Economic Thought. His research has appeared in Health Economics, Public Choice, Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, and the Review of Austrian Economics.Degree
PhD in Ag and Applied Econ
Texas Tech University
MS in Ag and Applied Econ
Texas Tech University
BS in Business
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Published Works
- Furton, L. G. (2025). Trade Is Not a Light Switch: Why Cutting Global Ties Will Leave Long-Lasting Scars. The Daily Economy from AIER , https://aier.org/article/trade-is-not-a-light-switch-why-cutting-global-ties-will-leave-long-lasting-scars/
- Furton, L. G. (2025). Don’t (Just) Hate the Tariffs, Hate the Institutions. The Daily Economy from AIER , https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/dont-just-hate-the-tariffs-hate-the-institutions/
- Furton, L. G., March, J. R., Yonk , R., Rayamajhee, V., Denkyirah, E. (2025). Recreational Marijuana Legalization's Impact and Opioid Death Rates: A Synthetic Control Approach. Public Health , 23901-206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2024.12.047.
- Furton, L. G., March, J. R. (2024). Bootleggers, Baptists, and Vaping: The high costs of paternalism in public health. Catalyst, https://catalyst.independent.org/2024/07/30/bootleggers-baptists-vaping/
- Furton, L. G., Eubanks, L. (2024). The institutional structure of pollution: Large-scale externalities and the common law. Public Choice, forthcoming2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-024-01172-2.
- Denkyirah, K. E., March, J. R., Rayamajhee, V., Furton, L. G., Yonk, M. R. . "Because I Got High? Recreational Marijuana Legalization’s Impact on Opioid Overdose Deaths". Southern Economic Journal , 4. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10991050.
- Furton, L. G. (2022). The pox of politics: Troesken's tradeoff reexamined. Public Choice , 195(1), 169-191. https://doi.org/10.1007/S11127-022-01002-3/FIGURES/5.
- March, R., Rayamajhee, V., Furton, G. (2022). Cloudy with a Chance of Munchies: Assessing the Impact of Recreational Marijuana Legalization on Obesity Using a Synthetic Control Approach. Health Economics, 31(12), 2609-2629. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.1002/hec.4598 .
- Furton, G., Padilla, A. (2022). There ain't no such thing as a free education. Denver 7 360, https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/360/your-opinion/there-aint-no-such-thing-as-a-free-education-your-opinion
- March, R., Furton, L. G. (2022). The FDA could easily solve the baby formula shortage by allowing more imports from Europe. Fortune Magazine, https://fortune.com/2022/05/18/the-fda-could-easily-solve-the-baby-formula-shortage-by-allowing-more-imports-from-europe-march-furton/
- Furton, L. G., Salter, W. A. (2018). Doing Liberal Political Economy: James Buchanan as Exemplar. (pp 649-670). Palgrave Macmillan . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03080-3_29
- Furton, L. G., Martin, A. (2018). Beyond Market Failure and Government Failure. Public Choice, 17897–216. https://doi.org/ttps://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-018-0623-4.
- Furton, L. G., Salter, W. A. (2017). Emergent Politics and Constitutional Drift: The Fragility of Procedural Liberalism. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, 7(1), 34-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEPP-D-17-00016.
- Furton, L. G., Salter, W. A. (2017). Private Governance and the Pricing of Political Enterprises. Journal of Business Valuation and Economic Loss Analysis, 12(s1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1515/jbvela-2016-0013.
- Furton, L. G., Salter, W. A. (2017). Money and the Rule of Law. Review of Austrian Economics, 30(4), 517-532. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11138-017-0375-2.
Research Interests
Research Interests: Environmental Economics, Public Health, State Marijuana Legalization, and Immigration.
Teaching Interests
Teaching Interests: Microeconomics, Business Economics, Environmental Economics and Public Health, Urban Economics, Public Choice, History of Economic Thought, Austrian Economics.