Peter Boettke
Peter Boettke | |
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| Born | January 3, 1960 Rahway, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | George Mason University (Ph.D., 1989) |
| Influences | Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Hans Sennholz Adam Smith, Jean-Baptiste Say, Frédéric Bastiat, Israel Kirzner, Murray Rothbard, Kenneth E. Boulding, Richard Cornuelle, James M. Buchanan, Ronald Coase, Vernon L. Smith, Elinor Ostrom |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Market process theory, comparative political economy, history of economic thought, economic development, economic methodology, political economy, informal institutions |
| School or tradition | Austrian school |
| Website | |
Peter Joseph Boettke (/ˈbɛtki/; born January 3, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian school. He is currently a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, vice president for research, and director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.