Peter Leeson

Dr. Peter T. Leeson is a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for the Advanced Study of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center, the Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Law at George Mason University, and the Editor-in-Chief of Public Choice. 

Formerly, Leeson was Visiting Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Visiting Fellow in Political Economy and Government at Harvard University, and F.A. Hayek Fellow at the London School of Economics. In 2012, Big Think listed him among "Eight of the World's Top Young Economists." 

He is the author of numerous books, including The Invisible Hook: The Hidden Economics of Pirates (Princeton University Press, 2011), Anarchy Unbound: Why Self-Governance Works Better Than You Think (Cambridge University Press, 2014), and WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird (Stanford Economics and Finance, 2017).

For further publications by Leeson, visit his website.