Christopher Coyne

- Associate Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Christopher Coyne is associate director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. He is also a Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He specializes in Austrian economics, economic development, emerging democracies, postwar and disaster reconstruction, political economy, and social change.
Coyne is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of ten books, including, In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace and Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails. He is a prolific writer of articles for scholarly journals, has published numerous policy briefs, and also has written for the Daily Caller, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, and others.
Coyne is the co–editor in chief of the Review of Austrian Economics, the coeditor of the Independent Review, and the book-review editor of Public Choice. He is a member of the Board of Scholars for the Virginia Institute for Public Policy.
Coyne was a Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and worked in the internal consulting services at JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Coyne received his PhD in economics from George Mason University and his BS in business administration from Manhattan College.
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For a current list of publications, view Christopher's personal website .
Latest Work
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The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner

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In Search of Monsters to Destroy | "Free the People"
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Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking
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The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship

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Noxious government markets: Evidence from the international arms trade
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A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society

Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner

- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
In Search of Monsters to Destroy | "Free the People"
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Noxious government markets: Evidence from the international arms trade
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
In Search of Monsters to Destroy

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society

Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Noxious government markets: Evidence from the international arms trade
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
In Search of Monsters to Destroy

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Exchange in Politics and Economics
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U.S. Border Militarization and Foreign Policy
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The economic logic behind the ultimate resource
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Perverse Consequences of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
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Police State, U.S.A.
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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"Doing Bad By Doing Good" Book Panel
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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Reflections on the Hayek Program with Peter Boettke and Chris Coyne
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"Political Capitalism" Book Panel
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"Tyranny Comes Home" Book Panel
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Chris Coyne and Jennifer Murtazashvili on Foreign Aid and Development
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Christopher Coyne on C-SPAN's Washington Journal
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The Surveillance State: When Tyranny Comes Home

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Chris Coyne on Free to Exchange: Economics of Foreign Wars and Interventionism

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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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"The Political Economy of Development" with Christopher Coyne

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Christopher Coyne Interviewed on Free To Exchange about Foreign Intervention

Latest Work
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Christopher Coyne Discusses 'Doing Bad by Doing Good' at the Institute of World Politics

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Give the Gift of Economics: Mercatus 2014 Holiday Book Guide
- | Government Spending Government Spending
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Tax Breaks to Big Business Are a Loser
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Christopher Coyne Speaks to Hillsdale College on "The Fatal Conceit of Foreign Intervention"

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Christopher Coyne Discusses Doing Bad by Doing Good at Hammond Institute for Free Enterprise

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Christopher Coyne Discusses Doing Bad by Doing Good at the MSU of Denver

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Chris Coyne Discusses America's Role in the World at Charles Koch Institute

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Christopher Coyne Interviewed by Cato Institute about Doing Bad by Doing Good

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Christopher Coyne discusses Doing Bad by Doing Good at the Cato Institute

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