Peter J. Boettke

- Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Vice President for Advanced Study, BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Distinguished 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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The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Jennifer Burns on the Life of Milton Friedman
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Milton Friedman’s Century | National Review
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Don Lavoie: The Failures of Socialist Central Planning
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Essays Essays
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Choice: Part I
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Mainline Economics | “The Great Antidote”
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
The Road to Socialism and Back — Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
The Podcast #34 | Faster, Please!
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Technosocialism | “Faster, Please! The Podcast”
- | 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. 2
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Jennifer Burns on the Life of Milton Friedman
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Milton Friedman’s Century | National Review
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Don Lavoie: The Failures of Socialist Central Planning
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Essays Essays
The Past, Present, and Future of Public Choice: Part I
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Mainline Economics | “The Great Antidote”
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
The Road to Socialism and Back — Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
The Podcast #34 | Faster, Please!
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Technosocialism | “Faster, Please! The Podcast”
- | 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. 2
Latest Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
The Road to Freedom: Estonia’s Rise from Soviet Vassal State to One of the Freest Nations on Earth

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Don Lavoie: The Failures of Socialist Central Planning
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Reply and counter-reply: On cybersocialism
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | 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
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The morality of illicit markets: “Greasing the wheels” or “greasing the palm”?
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Legacy of Richard E. Wagner

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Economic calculation and transaction costs: The case of the airline oversales auction system
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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On the feasibility of technosocialism
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Testing the Hayek hypothesis

Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Jennifer Burns on the Life of Milton Friedman
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Mainline Economics | “The Great Antidote”
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
The Road to Socialism and Back — Peter Boettke & Rosolino Candela
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
The Podcast #34 | Faster, Please!
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Technosocialism | “Faster, Please! The Podcast”
- | 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. 2
- | 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
- | 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
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Federica Carugati on Reframing Modern Political Economy
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Appreciating Israel Kirzner | Cato Daily Podcast
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Economics for Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
The Battle of Ideas: Economics and the Struggle for a Better World
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Hayek Memorial Lecture
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Public Interest Comments Public Interest Comments
Implications and Next Steps - A Dialogue Between USAID and Forum 6 Scholar Contributors
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Milton Friedman’s Century | National Review
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
After, After War
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
James Buchanan on the Use of Science
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Harold Demsetz and Israel Kirzner Understood That Competition Regulates Markets
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Money and the Rule of Law
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Liberalism, Socialism and Our Future
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hard-Nosed Economist, Generous Soul
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Hard-Nosed Economist, Generous Soul
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary