Center for Public Choice & Market Process

Center for Public Choice & Market Process The Center for Public Choice and Market Process advances the understanding of the economic, political and moral foundations of a free society.

The views expressed here are a reflection of the Center and do not necessarily reflect those of the College. The Center for Public Choice & Market Process was created in 2015 following the growth in programming of the Initiative for Public Choice and Market Process, which was founded in the fall of 2008 with a generous gifts from the BB&T Charitable Foundation and the Charles G. Koch Charitable Fo

undation, the Center for Public Choice & Market Process is designed to examine and stimulate discussion of the following topics:

The role of government institutions in a capitalistic society
The relationship between government and the individual
The relationship between political and economic freedom
The moral structure of a free market economy

Our 2025-2026 was one amazing year! Tap https://tinyurl.com/CPM25-26EOYREPORT to check out CPM's Annual Report. A HUGE t...
06/16/2026

Our 2025-2026 was one amazing year! Tap https://tinyurl.com/CPM25-26EOYREPORT to check out CPM's Annual Report. A HUGE thank you to all who support the Center! You make our mission and goals reality! College of Charleston School of Business

Check out this US Letter designed by Center for Public Choice and Market Process.

05/10/2026

We’re losing four amazing students, but the world is gaining four MPS/PCA alumni who will leave a mark of excellence on their future endeavors. College of Charleston School of Business

SC Economics Partner of the Year! Congrats to Pete Calcagno, our dedicated and tireless Director! Well-deserved!! ...
05/07/2026

SC Economics Partner of the Year! Congrats to Pete Calcagno, our dedicated and tireless Director! Well-deserved!! College of Charleston School of Business

05/05/2026

Looking back on 2025-2026 - ohhhh what a year!!! Thanks for supporting our students and events! College of Charleston School of Business

Tap https://tinyurl.com/kidsschools to check out Research Fellow Will McCorkle's latest article in The Conversation! McC...
04/27/2026

Tap https://tinyurl.com/kidsschools to check out Research Fellow Will McCorkle's latest article in The Conversation! McCorkle is an Associate Professor of Education. College of Charleston School of Business

The Heritage Foundation released a policy document in February 2026 that spells out how states can try to challenge a 1982 Supreme Court ruling that enshrined immigrant students’ right to attend school.

Cheers all around!!! College of Charleston School of Business
04/27/2026

Cheers all around!!! College of Charleston School of Business

Congratulations to economics students Hunter Poe, Lilliana Myers, and Parker Palmer on earning the Members’ Choice Award in the 2026 Association of Private Enterprise Education Undergraduate Research Competition.

They were recognized on April 7th at the association’s 50th annual meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, for their research presentation, “Flying the Friendly Skies of Special Interests: Airline Contributions and Congressional Support for Raising the Pilot Retirement Age.”

Harvard bound! Market Process Scholar & CofC alum ('23), Lucas Moyon is headed to Harvard for a joint MPP from Harvard K...
04/23/2026

Harvard bound! Market Process Scholar & CofC alum ('23), Lucas Moyon is headed to Harvard for a joint MPP from Harvard Kennedy School and MBA from Harvard Business School where he hopes to focus on aerospace business and policy. Currently an analyst at the Federal Reserve Board of Governors in Washington, DC., Moyon majored in economics, physics, and astronomy. College of Charleston School of Business

04/20/2026

“Should airline pilots be allowed to fly past age 65?” Market Process Scholars Hunter Poe & Lilliana Myers, along with Public Choice Associate Parker Palmer presented their research on this topic at the CofC Expo and at the APEE conference in Las Vegas where they WON the Member’s Choice Award. College of Charleston School of Business

04/16/2026

Next Stop: DUKE! Following graduation, Senior Market Process Scholar Lilliana Myers will pursue her Master’s in Public Policy at Duke. Congrats! College of Charleston School of Business

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