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'''Eric Rasmusen''' is an American economist and former Professor of Business Economics and Public Policy at [[Indiana University Bloomington]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.cshtml?id=ERASMUSE|title=Faculty Profile|website=Kelley School of Business|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=2019-12-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214203824/https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.cshtml?id=ERASMUSE|url-status=live}}</ref> He is the author of the book ''Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory.''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5XEMuJwnBmUC|title=Games and Information: An Introduction to Game Theory|last=Rasmusen|first=Eric|date=2006-11-28|publisher=Wiley|isbn=978-1-4051-3666-2|language=en|access-date=2021-04-23|archive-date=2023-03-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314024043/https://books.google.com/books?id=5XEMuJwnBmUC|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
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In November 2019, Rasmusen was criticized by his university after a popular [[Twitter]] account posted a screenshot of one of his tweets that was characterized as "racist, sexist, and homophobic."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/11/20/indiana-university-iu-professor-tweets-women-gay-men-academia/4255142002/|title=IU won't fire professor for tweets provost called 'racist, sexist and homophobic'|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=2019-11-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121081738/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/11/20/indiana-university-iu-professor-tweets-women-gay-men-academia/4255142002/|url-status=live}}</ref> Rasmusen had retweeted an article titled "Are Women Destroying Academia? Probably" with a quote: "geniuses are overwhelmingly male because they combine outlier IQ with moderately low Agreeableness and Moderately low Conscientiousness."<ref name=":0" /><br />
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The university stated that they could not fire Rasmusen "because the first amendment of the United States constitution forbids us to do so".<ref name="guardian-22nov2019">{{cite news |last1=Noor |first1=Poppy |title=University decries professor's 'vile' racism and sexism – but says it can't fire him |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/22/indiana-university-bloomington-eric-rasmusen-racist-sexist-tweets |accessdate=November 22, 2019 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=November 22, 2019 |archive-date=November 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122163023/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/22/indiana-university-bloomington-eric-rasmusen-racist-sexist-tweets |url-status=live }}</ref> Rasmusen posted a rebuttal to his personal website, in which he defended his Twitter activity and argued that he was being silenced for "dissident" beliefs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/11/21/indiana-university-professor-eric-rasmusen-defends-tweets/4259448002/|title=Indiana University professor Eric Rasmusen fires back and digs in on offensive tweets|last=Herron|first=Arika|website=Indianapolis Star|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21|archive-date=2019-11-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191122043659/https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2019/11/21/indiana-university-professor-eric-rasmusen-defends-tweets/4259448002/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rasmusen.org/special/2019kerfuffle/provost.htm|title=Rasmusen.org|last=|first=|date=|website=www.rasmusen.org|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121231720/http://www.rasmusen.org/special/2019kerfuffle/provost.htm|archive-date=2019-11-21|access-date=2019-11-21}}</ref> Rasmusen retired in 2021.<br />
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== External links==<br />
* [https://kelley.iu.edu/faculty-research/faculty-directory/profile.cshtml?id=erasmuse Rasmusen's IU faculty profile]<br />
* [http://www.rasmusen.org/ Rasmusen's personal webpage]<br />
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