David Chandler Thomas
David Chandler Thomas is an American economist and technology executive, who is a professor at Ball State University, where he performs research into public health and business cycles. He currently serves on the advisory board of the College of Health and Human Services at George Mason University.
Dr. Thomas has served as the representative for the tech industry, representing TechAmerica in Washington, DC.
He is also the creator of one of the earliest PC accounting software products, which he sold to McGraw-Hill Book Company in 1984.Thomas was born in 1954 in Maricopa County, Arizona.
He graduated from California State University with a bachelor of arts degree in economics in 2010 and received his PhD in economics from George Mason University in 2015 with his dissertation titled Empirical Studies of Emergency Response Services and an Examination of Moral Hazard in Health Insurance. At George Mason, he was mentored by econometrican Thomas Stratmann. He is married to Gayle Bradshaw Thomas.
He also has expressed interest in Game Theory and Strategy. He teaches a class at Ball State, however the class has received many negative reviews.
