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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

The Power of Ideas: The "Peter Boettke" Strategy for Advancing the Science of Prosperity

Jennifer Dirmeyer, Hampden-Sydney College

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,117-124ThePowerofIdeas:The“PeterBoettke”StrategyforAdvancingtheScienceofProsperityJenniferDirmeyerHampden-SydneyCollegeAbstractThisarticleexaminesthestrategythatPeterBoettkeemploystoadvancethescienceofprosperity.Thestrategyisdesignedtoproduceresearchthatisgroundedingoodeconomicsandhasthepotentialtocreatesocialchange.Tothatendheadvocatesresearchthatisgood,charitable,andrelevantasameanstoincreasethelegitimacyofspontaneousordersolutionstosocialchallenges.JELCodes:A31,B13,B53,P16Keywords:Austrian;PoliticaleconomyI.IntroductionIenteredthegraduateprogramineconomicsatGeorgeMasonUniversityinfall2004asaresearchassistanttoDr.PeterBoettke,anhonorIdidnotfullyappreciateatthetime.Duringoursecondconversation,aswewerediscussingapaperhewaswriting,hecalledoneofourmutualacquaintances“crazy.”Ireplied;“Hello,pot.Thisiskettlecalling.”Hisresponse,tolaughandthenrepeattheexchangetoeveryonethatweknew,isindicativeoftheradicaldivergencePeteBoettke’streatmentofgraduatestudentstakesfromthenorm.Insteadofhiringgraduatestudentsasinputsintohisproductionofresearch,herecruitsnascent“creators”ofeconomicresearchaspartners.ThisstrategyreflectsBoettke’svisionofeconomicsasaforcedirectingsocialchangeandisreflectedinthemissionoftheMercatusCenter,whereheistheVicePresidentforResearch;Ourmissionistogenerateknowledgeandunderstandingofhowinstitutionsaffectthefreedomtoprosperandfind117

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Title	The Power of Ideas: The "Peter Boettke" Strategy for Advancing the Science of Prosperity
Authors/Creators:	Jennifer Dirmeyer, Hampden-Sydney College
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	117 - 124
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academic strategy, Economic theory, Social change, Austrian economics, Political economy, Freedom, Economic development, Political reform, Boettke

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Dirmeyer, Jennifer / 2010. "The Power of Ideas: The "Peter Boettke" Strategy for Advancing the Science of Prosperity." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 117-124.