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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

The Transition Economist: From Athlete to Doctoral Mentor

Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University

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TheTransitionEconomist:FromAthletetoDoctoralMentorTheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,21-26BenjaminPowell*SuffolkUniversityAbstractAthleticcoachesdevotecountlesshourstostrategizingabouthowtomotivatetheirplayers.Academicmentorsspendmuchlesstimethinkingabouthowtomotivatetheirstudents.PeterBoettkeisaformerathleteandanactivebasketballcoachaswellasaprofessorofeconomics.Thisbriefpaperrelateshowhisbackgroundinathleticsinfluenceshismentoringofeconomicsdoctoralstudents.JELCodes:A23,B53Keywords:Coaching;Graduateteaching;MentorshipI.IntroductionAcademiceconomicsishighlycompetitive.1Soisathletics.Thousandsofbookshavebeenwrittenoncoachingstrategiesforhowtomotivateplayersandgetthemtoplayasateam.2Yet,intheworldofcompetitiveacademiceconomics,littleattentionhasbeenpaidtothetopic.PeterBoettkeisarareacademicwhodoesthinkabouthowtomotivatehisstudentsandgetthemtofittogetherasa“team”toadvancelibertarianism.WhenIfirstmetPetehewasseatedbehindapileofbookswearingsneakersandawindbreakersuit.Hetookmetolunchand*IthankEdwardStringhamforsomehelpfulcommentsonpreviousdrafts.However,anyexcessivescholarlinessthatdoesnotadvancetheargumentsinthepaperisalsoaresultofsatisfyinghiscomments.1Forinstance,therearehundredsofapplicantsforeachjoblistedintheJOE,onlyasmallfractionoftheprofessionwilleverpublishinthe“top”journals,andtheprofessioneventracksrankingsofthe“top”youngeconomists(seehttp://ideas.repec.org/top/top.young.html).2AsearchonAmazon.comfor“coachingbooks”finds10,632matches.RainerMartens’SuccessfulCoachingisthealltimebest-sellingcoachingbook.It’snowinitsthirdeditionandhassoldmorethan500,000copiessinceitfirstcameout(http://www.amazon.com/Successful-Coaching-3rd-Rainer-Martens/dp/0736040129).21

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Title	The Transition Economist: From Athlete to Doctoral Mentor
Authors/Creators:	Benjamin Powell, Texas Tech University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	21 - 26
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Teaching, Boettke, Coaching, Graduate teaching, Mentorship

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Powell, Benjamin / 2010. "The Transition Economist: From Athlete to Doctoral Mentor." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 21-26.