Peter Boettke Explained

Peter Boettke
School Tradition:Austrian School
Birth Date:3 January 1960
Birth Place:Rahway, New Jersey
Nationality:American
Field:Market process theory, comparative political economy, history of economic thought, economic development, economic methodology, political economy, informal institutions
Alma Mater:George Mason University (Ph.D., 1989)
Influences:Ludwig von Mises,[1] 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
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Peter Joseph Boettke (; 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 GMU.

Early life and education

Boettke was born and raised in Rahway, New Jersey, to Fred and Elinor Boettke. In high school and college, he played for the school basketball and tennis teams.

He attended Thiel College in Greenville, Pennsylvania and later Grove City College in nearby Grove City, Pennsylvania. At Grove City, he became interested in economics when he took a course taught by Hans Sennholz,[2] and there he developed his religious convictions.[3] After completing a B.A. (1983) in economics at Grove City, Boettke attended George Mason University where he earned an M.A. (1987) and a Ph.D. (1989) in economics. His thesis was The political economy of Soviet socialism, 1918–1928 under the supervision of Don Lavoie.[4]

Career

After receiving his doctoral degree, Boettke taught at several institutions, including Oakland University, Manhattan College and New York University.[5] In 1998, he returned to George Mason University as a faculty member. In 2004, he was named a Hayek Fellow at the London School of Economics. He has also been a Faculty Fellow at the Charles University/Georgetown University American Institute for Political and Economic Studies in Prague and a visiting scholar at the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University. He has also been made an affiliated member of the Philosophy Department at George Mason University and, in 2012, he was awarded a doctorate honoris causa in social sciences from Universidad Francisco Marroquín.[6]

In addition to his academic positions, he is vice president for research at Mercatus Center and director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. Until 2007, Boettke held the position of director of graduate studies for the Ph.D. program in economics at George Mason. He is the editor of George Mason University's Review of Austrian Economics[7] and as vice president of the Mont Pelerin Society for the 2018–2020 term.[8] He was the society's president from 2016 to 2018.[9]

Analytical anarchism

Analytical anarchism is the name given by Boettke to the positive political economy of anarchism, or anarchism from the economic point of view, in the libertarian tradition of Murray Rothbard's For a New Liberty (1973) and David Friedman's The Machinery of Freedom (1973). Boettke claims that analytical anarchism has developed out of this tradition and is currently being pursued by economists such as Peter Leeson, Edward Stringham and Christopher Coyne.[10]

Publications

Books

Books as editor

Personal life

Boettke resides in Fairfax, Virginia, with his wife and two sons.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Boettke, Peter. "'Human Action': The Treatise in Economics", The Freeman 59, no. 7 (September 2009): 16–18.
  2. News: Spreading Hayek, Spurning Keynes: Professor Leads an Austrian Revival. The Wall Street Journal. August 27, 2010.
  3. Web site: Religion and Economics . gordon.edu. . Spiritually—that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savoir [sic] and that one must commit to a personal relationship with God and to strive to live a Christ-centered life. Historically—the role of the Christian Church in the development of Western Civilization. Intellectually—the philosophical and epistemological importance of Christian presuppositionalism. . May 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160731183059/https://www.gordon.edu/ace/pdf/SymposiumF05F%26E46.pdf . July 31, 2016 . dead .
  4. Web site: Peter Boettke. George Mason University. GMU.edu .
  5. Web site: Peter BoettkeBiographical Information. econfaculty.gmu.edu.
  6. Web site: Honorary Doctoral Degree Awarded at May 2012 Commencement - New Media New Media . 2023-09-30 . es.
  7. Web site: Review of Austrian Economics . www.gmu.edu.
  8. Web site: Mont Pelerin Society Directory. December 13, 2019. .
  9. Web site: Mont Pelerin Society Elects Peter Boettke as 2016–2018 President. October 17, 2016. .
  10. Web site: Analytical Anarchism research program. https://web.archive.org/web/20130729115503/http://analyticalanarchism.net/about/. dead. July 29, 2013.

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