# MRU

- **Website:** <https://mruniversity.com>
- **Primary alias:** `mruniversity.com`
- **Employees:** 2+
- **Location:** Arlington, Virginia, United States

## Description

Marginal Revolution University (MRU) is a pioneering nonprofit organization founded in 2012 by esteemed economists Tyler Cowen and Alex Tabarrok, with contributions from notable instructors including 2021 Nobel Laureate Josh Angrist. Housed at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, MRU strives to make world-class economics education accessible to everyone, everywhere, completely free of charge. With a mission to enhance economic understanding, MRU offers an array of resources such as engaging video lessons, interactive practices, lesson plans, and articles tailored for both educators and individual learners, regardless of their formal academic status. The organization emphasizes cognitive science principles to improve learning outcomes, providing invaluable support to teachers in economics and personal finance. With its rich content covering various topics from micro and macroeconomics to practical finance skills, MRU plays a vital role in fostering economic literacy, underscoring the belief that improved economic thinking can lead to a better world, one incremental step at a time.

## Industries

- 🧪 Science and Education
- 🧪 Education _(under Science and Education)_

## Links

- [youtube](https://youtube.com/channel/UCnkEhPBMZcEO0QGu51fDFDg)
- [twitter](https://twitter.com/MRevUniversity)
- [facebook](https://facebook.com/mrevuniversity)

## Logos & icons

- logo _(primary)_ — PNG, SVG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idY34xRn_v/w/820/h/300/theme/dark/logo.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1780618327352)
- icon _(primary)_ — PNG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idY34xRn_v/w/400/h/400/theme/dark/icon.png?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1780618327568)

## Colors

| Name | Hex | Theme |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bright Red | #ae0800 | dark |
| White | #ffffff | light |
| Atlantis | #87c12f | accent |

## Fonts

- Montserrat — asset _(google)_
- Montserrat — asset _(google)_

## Imagery

- banner _(primary)_ — JPEG — [download](https://cdn.brandfetch.io/idY34xRn_v/w/1500/h/500/iduqHNJYci.jpeg?c=1bxid64Mup7aczewSAYMX&t=1780618327888)

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