Peter J. Boettke
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Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and EconomicsVice President for Advanced StudyBB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityDistinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University
Peter Boettke is Vice President for Advanced Study, Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, as well as the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, and a Distinguished University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University. He specializes in Austrian economics, economic history, institutional analysis, public choice, and social change.
Boettke has authored and coauthored more than 11 books, including his most recent, Living Economics, and is editor of the Review of Austrian Economics, series editor of the New Thinking in Political Economy book series, and coeditor of the Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society.
Boettke is a former Fulbright Fellow at the University of Economics in Prague, a National Fellow at Stanford University, and Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics. He has held visiting academic positions at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow and the Stockholm School of Economics, among other institutions. Before joining the faculty at George Mason University, Boettke taught economics at New York University.
Boettke’s work has earned him numerous awards, including a doctorate honoris causa in social sciences from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala and an honorary doctorate from Alexandru Iona Cuza in Romania.
Boettke received his PhD in economics from George Mason University.
For a current list of publications, view Peter's personal website.
Latest Work
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Reply and counter-reply: On cybersocialism
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Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem, Pt. 1
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Methodological Individualism and the Austrian School of Economics
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The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939-2019
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"The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner" Book Panel
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The morality of illicit markets: “Greasing the wheels” or “greasing the palm”?
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Peter Boettke & Federica Carugati on Reframing Modern Political Economy
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Appreciating Israel Kirzner | Cato Daily Podcast
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"Essays on Austrian Economics and Political Economy" Book Panel
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Reply and counter-reply: On cybersocialism
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics and the Knowledge Problem, Pt. 1
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Essays Essays
Methodological Individualism and the Austrian School of Economics
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Road to Socialism and Back: An Economic History of Poland, 1939-2019
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner" Book Panel
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The morality of illicit markets: “Greasing the wheels” or “greasing the palm”?
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Federica Carugati on Reframing Modern Political Economy
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Appreciating Israel Kirzner | Cato Daily Podcast
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
"Essays on Austrian Economics and Political Economy" Book Panel
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The common sense of economics and divergent approaches in economic thought
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The Struggle for a Better World
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James M. Buchanan on “the relatively absolute absolutes” and “truth judgments” in politics
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The political economy of the COVID‐19 pandemic
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The Institutional Justice of the Market Process
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Essential Austrian Economics
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The Positive Political Economy of Analytical Anarchism
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The Soul of Classical Political Economy
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Hayek and His Socialist Friends
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János Kornai, the Austrians, and the political and economic analysis of socialism
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy
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Peter Boettke & Ben Powell on Elements of Success in Graduate School
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Entrepreneurship as an Academic — Peter Boettke & Scott Beaulier
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Austrian Economics & Applied Political Economy— Peter Boettke & Adam Martin
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Best of the Podcast! — Peter Boettke & Bobbi Herzberg Remember Elinor Ostrom
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"Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise" Book Panel
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Wrestling with Economic Development — Peter Boettke & Shruti Rajagopalan
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The Science and Art of Economics with Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela, Pt. 2
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The Science and Art of Economics with Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela, Pt. 1
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Peter Boettke and Daniel Smith Q&A on Money and The Rule of Law
Latest Work
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An Invitation to Inquiry
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Daring to Be Different
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Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics in the 21st Century at the Legatum Institute
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The Education Industry Needs to Be Disrupted by an Uber
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Peter Boettke on the Policy Problems and Policy Conversations in the U.S.
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Justice at a Distance Book Panel: Extending Freedom Globally
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A Humane Nobel Economist: Angus Deaton Shows Us How to Be Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
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Edward Stringham | 'Private Governance' Book Panel
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Mercatus Disaster Recovery Research
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