Peter Boettke
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Peter J. Boettke
Peter J. Boettke (b. 3 January 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School.
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Early life and education
Boettke was born in Rahway, New Jersey to Fred and Elinor Boettke and remained there until he moved to Pennsylvania to attend Thiel College in Greenville and later Grove City College. 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.Professional history
After receiving his doctoral degree, Boettke taught at several schools, including Oakland University, Manhattan College, and New York University. 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. Boettke is Deputy Director of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy at George Mason University where he is a professor of economics. He is also senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center. Boettke currently holds the position of Director of Graduate Studies for the Ph.D. program in economics at George Mason.He lives in Fairfax, Virginia with his wife Rosemary and their two sons, Michael and Steven.
Books
As author:
- The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: The Formative Years, 1918-1928 (Kluwer, 1990)
- Why Perestroika Failed: The Economics and Politics of Socialism Transformation (Routledge, 1993)
- Calculation and Coordination: Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy (Routledge, 2001)
- The Economic Way of Thinking with Heyne and Prychitko (Prentice Hall, 2005)[link]
As editor:
- Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics (Elgar, 1994)
- The Collapse of Development Planning (New York University Press, 1994)
- The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics (Elgar, 1994)
- The Market Process, 2 volumes (Elgar, 1998)
- The Legacy of F. A. Hayek: Politics, Philosophy, Economics, 3 volumes (Elgar, 1999)
- Socialism and the Market: The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited, 9 volumes (Routledge, 2000)
External links
- [Boettke's faculty bio] at George Mason University
- [Boettke's Austrian Economics blog]
- [Boettke's bio] at the Institute for Humane Studies
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