Stephen Marks

Stephen Marks has been a distinguished member of the Boston University community for many years. He began his teaching career in 1981 at the University’s School of Management, where he taught courses in banking, finance, investments, corporations, economics and decision making. Since joining the School of Law faculty in 1988, Professor Marks has taught courses in Corporations, Mergers and Acquisitions, Legislation, Securities Regulation, and the Economic Analysis of Law. “I enjoy these subjects because they are so relevant for lawyers and for the organization of society,” he says. “For example, in every practice area, lawyers come face-to-face with corporations. If someone were to come from another planet and wanted to understand how human society was organized, it would not be long until they asked the question, what is a corporation? And economics provides students with a powerful and rigorous tool for analyzing law and legal institutions.”

Co-author of the textbook Managerial Economics (eighth edition), published in 2014, Professor Marks’ work has appeared widely in journals of law and economics, including the American Economic Review, the Journal of Legal Studies, The Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, the Boston University Law Review, the Journal Financial and Quantitative Analysis, among others. He also co-wrote a book on raising children bilingually that was published by the University of Texas Press.

Professor Marks writes occasional online popular press articles on politics, economics, and afreeist philosophy. He is a founding member of the Afreeist Society and has written a book on the subject.

Recently, Professor Marks spent a sabbatical year in Nicaragua with his family directing a micro-financing program there.

Professor Marks lives in Boston with his wife and youngest daughter. Two other daughters are graduates of Boston University. Professor Marks is active in the peace and justice movement, and also dabbles in beer-making, bee-keeping and guitar (rock, blues, and Celtic music).