Paul Dragos Aligica

- Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Senior Research Fellow
Paul Dragos Aligica is a senior research fellow and senior fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.
Aligica specializes in institutional theory, public choice, social change, and Austrian economics. He has authored seven books. His recent book Institutional Diversity and Political Economy: The Ostroms and Beyond was published by Oxford University Press in 2014.
Aligica has written for the Wall Street Journal Europe and a wide variety of academic journals, including American Political Science Review, Public Choice, Revue française d’economie, Constitutional Political Economy, Economic Affairs, Society, East European Economics, Comparative Strategy, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, and Governance: International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions.
Aligica has been a consultant for the United Nations Development Program, the World Bank, European Union (EU) organizations, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Aligica received his PhD in political science from Indiana University Bloomington.
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
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Civil Society — Paul Aligica on Human Freedom and the Third Sector
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Conceptualising democratic resilience: a minimalist account
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- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Comparative Economic Systems and the Issue of Resilience

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The Institutionalization of Indoctrination

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Julian Simon, the problem of socio-ecological resilience and the “ultimate resource”
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Culture, Sociality, and Morality

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A Review of John E. King's "The Alternative Austrian Economics"
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- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Comparative Assessment of Communist and Post-Communist System Performance and Human Wellbeing

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Public administration from "intellectual crisis" to "contemporary governance theory"
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Civil Society — Paul Aligica on Human Freedom and the Third Sector
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Conceptualising democratic resilience: a minimalist account
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Comparative Economic Systems and the Issue of Resilience

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Institutionalization of Indoctrination

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Julian Simon, the problem of socio-ecological resilience and the “ultimate resource”
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Culture, Sociality, and Morality

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A Review of John E. King's "The Alternative Austrian Economics"
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Comparative Assessment of Communist and Post-Communist System Performance and Human Wellbeing

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Public administration from "intellectual crisis" to "contemporary governance theory"
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Conceptualising democratic resilience: a minimalist account
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Comparative Economic Systems and the Issue of Resilience

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Institutionalization of Indoctrination

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Julian Simon, the problem of socio-ecological resilience and the “ultimate resource”
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
Culture, Sociality, and Morality

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A Review of John E. King's "The Alternative Austrian Economics"
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Comparative Assessment of Communist and Post-Communist System Performance and Human Wellbeing

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Public administration from "intellectual crisis" to "contemporary governance theory"
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Different paths for institutional theory
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Economic coordination in environments with incomplete pricing
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Civil Society — Paul Aligica on Human Freedom and the Third Sector
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Public Entrepreneurship, Citizenship, and Self-Governance Book Panel
Latest Work
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The European Union’s Governance System and the COVID-19 Pandemic

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- | Event Video Event Video
Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development: The Bloomington School
