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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Fall 2010

Encouraging a Productive Research Agenda: Peter Boettke and the Devil's Test

Diana Weinert Thomas, Utah State University

Michael Thomas, Utah State University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,103-115EncouragingaProductiveResearchAgenda:PeterBoettkeandtheDevil’sTestDianaWeinertThomasUtahStateUniversityMichaelDavidThomas�UtahStateUniversityAbstractPeterBoettkeisthesinglemosteffectivegraduatementorintheAustrianeconomicstraditiontoday.OneofthemanyteachingtoolsBoettkeusesisthedevil’stest.Thetestisaneffectiveteachingtoolbecauseitclarifieswhatthegoalsofthepoliticaleconomistascriticcanbe.Boettketeacheshisstudentsthatmuchcanbedonetoclarifythelogicofincentives,whichinturnclarifiesthedebateinpoliticaladvocacy.Wearguethatthedevil’stestisagoodexampleofhowBoettkeenablesstudentstobecomenotonlyeffectiveteachersbutalsoproductivescholars.Theanalyticalframeworkoftheheuristicenablesstudentstoanalyzecomplexpolicyquestionsinarigorousway.ManyofBoettke’sstudentshavesuccessfullyusedthedistinctionbetweenmotivationalassumptionsandcausalprocesses,whichisimplicitinthedevil’stest,intheirresearch.JELCodes:A20,B25,D63Keywords:Teachingeconomics;Austrian;Normative;WelfareeconomicsI.IntroductionAcademicsareoftenmeasuredbytheirabilitytoproduceacademicoffspringintheformofstudentsthatgoontobecomesuccessfulteachersandresearchers.Tobesuccessfulinthisregard,graduateadvisorshavetodeveloptheabilitytoturnstudents,whoaremainlyconsumersofknowledge,intoactivecontributorstotheacademicliterature(BeaulierandHall,2009,p.15).Graduateadvisinginpoliticaleconomicsfurthermorerequirestheabilitytoconveya�TheauthorsthankEdStringhamforhelpfulcommentsonpreviousdraftsofthispaper.WewouldalsoliketothankPeterJ.Boettkeforbeinganamazingteacherandmentor.103

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Title	Encouraging a Productive Research Agenda: Peter Boettke and the Devil's Test
Authors/Creators:	Diana Weinert Thomas, Utah State University Michael Thomas, Utah State University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	103 - 115
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academia, Boettke, Teaching, Austrian Economics, Welfare, Social security, Normative, Causal processes, Political economy, Heuristic

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Weinert Thomas, Diana; Thomas, Michael / 2010. "Encouraging a Productive Research Agenda: Peter Boettke and the Devil's Test." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 103-115.