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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

Peter Boettke's New Comparative Political Economy as Libertarian Scholarship

Daniel J. D'Amico, Loyola University New Orleans

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,85-101PeterBoettke’sNewComparativePoliticalEconomyasLibertarianScholarshipDanielJ.D’Amico*LoyolaUniversityAbstractThispaperattemptstosurveyandpartiallyresolveadebateamidstfactionswithinthebroadertraditionoflibertarianpoliticaleconomy.WhilenaturalrightstheoristsandPublicChoiceeconomistsareoftenatoddsconcerningtheproperwaytoanalyzetheroleofgovernmentinsociety,eachframeworkcanbeusedinconjunctionwithoneanother.Personalaccountsarepresentedtodemonstratehowtheseframeworksmaybecomplementstooneanotherforstudentsinterestedinpromotingaprogressiveresearchagendafocuseduponsocialchangetowardsafreesociety.TheresearchandmentorshipofPeterBoettkeispresentedasanidealexampleofsuchsuccessfulapplications.JELCodes:A23,A14Keywords:Naturalrights;PublicChoice;PeterBoettkeI.Introduction:LibertarianPoliticalEconomySincetherecentfinancialcrises,freemarkettheoryandlibertarianpoliticalphilosophyhavereceivedmorepublicattentionthaninpreviousyears.Thereseemstobeagrowingformofsocialanxietyamongstthosewhoaredissatisfiedwithgovernmentbutlacktheknowledgeand/orthemeanstoaffectsocialchange.Idonotmeantoimplythatthesepopularmovementsarethemostsophisticatedorthestrongestargumentsforlibertytoday.Ionlymentionthembecausetheyshareacommonbasicworldviewinfavorofpersonallibertyandskepticalofgovernmentlargess.Ialsowanttodrawattentiontothefactthattheiranxietyseemstostem,notsomuchfromthecontentoftheirideology,butratherfromtheirinabilitytobringaboutthesocialchangesprescribedtherein.Wheretheyarefound,freemarketsandpersonallibertytendtopromotepeaceandprosperity(GwartneyandLawson,2009).Onthis*IwishtothankEdStringhamforhelpfulcomments.Responsibilityforallremainingerrorsismine.85

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Title	Peter Boettke's New Comparative Political Economy as Libertarian Scholarship
Authors/Creators:	Daniel J. D'Amico, Loyola University New Orleans
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	85 - 101
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academia, Political economy, Public Choice Theory, Natural law, Boettke, Economic theory, Liberalism, Non agression principle

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D'Amico, Daniel J. / 2010. "Peter Boettke's New Comparative Political Economy as Libertarian Scholarship." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 85-101.