Bio: Marcos Batista is a former House Bastiat Leader with Students For Liberty. He is pursuing double majors in Economics and Mathematics at Georgia State University, where he applies his studies in econometrics and data science to practical challenges. At SFL, he has built data pipelines and dashboards that organize a decade of operational history, empowering leadership to make evidence-based management decisions. He has also spearheaded initiatives such as the International Bastiat Debate Championship and the Bastiat Policy Journal, combining organizational strategy with intellectual development. Marcos has interned with the American Institute for Economic Research, where he researched antitrust, innovation, and the unintended consequences of regulation, and with U.S. Soccer, where he worked on growth metrics and market analysis. His professional interests include quantitative finance, economic modeling, and data-driven forecasting, but his broader mission is to align rigorous analysis with the principles of liberty. He seeks to contribute to a freer society by developing tools, ideas, and institutions that expand opportunity through voluntary cooperation and innovation.
Favorite Figures of Liberty: Thomas Jefferson, Milton Friedman, Javier Milei, Murray Rothbard, Scott Horton
On Students For Liberty: “Students for Liberty provides the resources you need to fulfill your highest potential while advancing liberty in our time.”
