Brennan Platt is a professor of economics at BYU. He received bachelor's degrees in economics and mathematics from Arizona State University in 2001, and earned a master's and doctorate in economics from the University of Minnesota in 2006. He loves teaching theory courses in economics as well as introducing students to economic thinking in Econ 110.
His research focuses on settings where search effort is needed to gather information on relevant options, such as job hunting, housing, online auctions, and dating. He also studies how state foster care rules affect children in care.
His remarks will be broadcast live on BYUtv, BYUtv.org. Video, text and audio are archived on speeches.byu.edu