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Prior to joining the Chase Center, Thrasher was the associate professor at Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University. His research explores how norms, markets, and institutions help sustain a diverse, dynamic, and free society.
Thrasher earned his PhD and master’s from the University of Arizona and his undergraduate degree from the University of Colorado.
He is co-author of the widely used textbook Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: An Introduction (Princeton, 2021) and The Ethics of Capitalism (OUP, 2020). He has published extensively in journals such as Philosophy & Public Affairs, The Journal of Politics, Philosophy & Phenomenological Research, The American Journal of Political Science, and Cognition, among others.