All Posts Tagged With: "Peter Boettke"
Peter Boettke on Austrian Economics
George Mason University Professor and FEE trustee Peter Boettke was interviewed about Austrian economics at The Browser. Pete is among the most knowledgeable people in the world about this important school of thought and the larger context in which it exists. Highly recommended! Read it here.
17Jan2012 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedPeter Boettke Discusses Mises on EconTalk
FEE trustee Peter Boettke, professor of economics at George Mason University and a regular lecturer at our Advanced Austrian Economics Seminar , speaks about the life, work, and legacy of Ludwig von Mises on the podcast series EconTalk, hosted by Russ Roberts. It’s well worth listening to. Also, the Fall 2010 issue of The Journal [...]
28Dec2010 | Tsvetelin M. Tsonevski | 2 comments | ContinuedBoettke Profiled in WSJ
Peter Boettke, professor of economics at George Mason University, FEE trustee, and a great champion of Austrian economics, was profiled in the Wall Street Journal this past weekend (subscription site). A sample: [T]he 50-year-old professor of economics at George Mason University in Virginia is emerging as the intellectual standard-bearer for the Austrian school of economics [...]
30Aug2010 | Sheldon Richman | 1 comment | ContinuedNot More Capital — the Right Capital
Capital and labor need to restructure themselves to meet the new reality of the post-crash marketplace. Just throwing more capital at firms won’t help.
22Jul2010 | Steven Horwitz | 9 comments | ContinuedWhat Human Action Has Meant to Me: Reflections of a Young Economist
I remember well when I discovered Human Action. I remember because it has had the profoundest influence on my development as an economist not only up to that point, but also since then. I first read Human Action when I was in high school. At the time I was very much interested in, and influenced by, [...]
19Aug2009 | Peter T. Leeson | 3 comments | ContinuedPete Boettke: GMU Faculty Member of the Year
Pete Leeson reports over at The Austrian Economists (a great blog!) that Pete Boettke, FEE lecturer, Freeman contributor, and an old friend of mine, has been named Faculty Member of the Year by the George Mason University Alumni Association.The Mason Gazette says: “If there were an MVP award in academia, Mason economist and alumnus Peter [...]
21May2009 | Sheldon Richman | 0 comments | ContinuedHans F. Sennholz, 1922–2007
After a long and productive life, a man of great faith passes on and is welcomed into Heaven. He is greeted with an invitation. “What would you most like to do?” he is asked. “I always enjoyed giving speeches about what it was like to live through the Johnstown Flood,” he responds. “I’d love to [...]
1Oct2007 | Lawrence W. Reed | 4 comments | Continued-
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