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Peter J. Boettke

Peter Boettke is a Distinguished University Professor of Economics at George Mason University and Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center. He is a leading scholar in Austrian economics, public choice, and institutional analysis, and has authored numerous publications including The Struggle for a Better World, F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy, and Living Economics. Boettke's work reflects a lifelong commitment to advancing the study of political economy and the institutional foundations of a free society.
Economic History

Adam Smith on Self-Betterment and Policy Impacts

Alain Marciano
In this celebration of Adam Smith’s contributions to the field of political economy, Peter J. Boettke and Alain Marciano take a passage from The...
Economic History

Harold Demsetz and Israel Kirzner Understood That Competition Regulates Markets

Peter J. Boettke
Economists Harold Demsetz and Israel Kirzner challenged the prevailing orthodoxy in microeconomic analysis and public policy beginning with their respective work in the 1960s....

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