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 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. Boettke received his PhD in economics from George Mason University and specializes in Austrian economics, economic history, institutional analysis, public choice, and social change.
Boettke has published numerous books, including The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress (Universidad Francisco Marroquín Press, 2025) coauthored with Rosolino Candela, The Socialist Calculation Debate: Theory, History, and Contemporary Relevance (Cambridge University Press, 2024) coauthored with Rosolino Candela and Tegan Truitt, and The Struggle for a Better World (Mercatus Center, 2021). Boettke is Editor of the Review of Austrian Economics, Series Editor of the New Thinking in Political Economy book series, Co-Editor of the Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society, and Co-Editor of The Collected Works of Israel M. Kirzner.
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, he taught economics at New York University.
His work has earned him numerous awards, including a doctorate honoris causa in social sciences from Universidad Francisco Marroquín in Guatemala, an honorary doctorate from Alexandru Iona Cuza in Romania, and the Public Choice Society's highest academic honor, the James M. Buchanan Distinguished Fellow Award.
For further publications by Boettke, visit his website.
Latest Work
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The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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Peter Boettke’s Meditations on Life After Graduation
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Who Won the Socialist Calculation Debate | EconTalk
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Economics in a world amid flux
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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Peter Boettke — 2022 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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The Socialist Calculation Debate: Theory, History, and Contemporary Relevance

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Keys to Prosperity: A Hayekian View
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Toward a Theory of Social Cooperation under the Division of Labor
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke’s Meditations on Life After Graduation
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
Who Won the Socialist Calculation Debate | EconTalk
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Economics in a world amid flux
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke — 2022 Markets and Society Conference Keynote
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Socialist Calculation Debate: Theory, History, and Contemporary Relevance

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Keys to Prosperity: A Hayekian View
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Toward a Theory of Social Cooperation under the Division of Labor
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Historical Path to Liberty and Human Progress

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Economics in a world amid flux
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
The Socialist Calculation Debate: Theory, History, and Contemporary Relevance

- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Keys to Prosperity: A Hayekian View
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Toward a Theory of Social Cooperation under the Division of Labor
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Good Law & Economics, Bad Law & Political Economy
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- | Working Papers Working Papers
Capitalism versus Socialism: The Confusion of Knight, the Clarity of Mises
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The Future of Liberalism
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Why Read Adam Smith Today?
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