DeFi Fellow
Description
The Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives (CMFA) seeks a Fellow for a full-time, six-month position in Washington, D.C. In this role, you will research and gain a deep understanding of decentralized finance (DeFi) and the future of financial regulation. Furthermore, you will have the opportunity to receive guidance from and work with the CMFA’s scholars.
About Cato
The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization—a think tank—dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues. Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato’s Letters, a series of essays published in 18th-century England that presented a vision of a society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the architects of the American Revolution. And the simple, timeless principles of that revolution — individual liberty, limited government, and free markets – turn out to be even more powerful in today’s world of global markets and unprecedented access to information than Jefferson or Madison could have imagined. Social and economic freedom is not just the best policy for a free people, it is the indispensable framework for the future.
The Cato Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities
- Conduct research on the latest developments in decentralized finance (i.e., both market and policy developments).
- Craft memos, research briefs, and primers for internal use.
- Craft research briefs, academic articles, blogs, and op-eds for external use.
Requirements
- Currently enrolled in a graduate program, recently graduated from a research-based graduate program, or ability to provide examples of recent, research-based contributions to a relevant field.
- An interest in decentralized finance, cryptocurrency, monetary economics and financial regulation.
- Experience leading research projects (solo or group projects).
- Strong management, writing, and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in economics, political science, or public policy (or equivalent work experience in these fields).