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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

The Political Economy of Peter Boettke

Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,47-55ThePoliticalEconomyofPeterBoettkePeterT.Leeson*GeorgeMasonUniversityAbstractThispaperbrieflydescribestheuniquepoliticaleconomyagendaofPeterBoettkeandhighlightshisremarkableinspirationofstudents.Iarguethatthesecontributionsarenotseparateorindividualizedphenomena.Theyareinseparableandintimatelyconnected.ThecentralfeaturesofBoettke’spoliticaleconomyatonceestablishtheanalyticalapparatusforgeneratinginsightsintosocialphenomenaofimportancetoavarietyofsocialsciencedisciplinesand,togetherwithBoettke’sspecialpersonalcharacteristics,providetheleverstoenablegraduatestudentswithdiverseinterestsandstrengthstomakecontributionsinthepoliticaleconomyprogramthatBoettkelaysout.JELCodes:A11,A20,B31Keywords:PeterBoettkeI.IntroductionThisyearmarksthe50thanniversaryofoneofthemostimportantbooksinclassicalliberalpoliticaleconomy:F.A.Hayek’sConstitutionofLiberty(1960).Italsomarksthe50thanniversaryofoneofthemostimportantcontemporaryscholarsinclassicalliberalpoliticaleconomy:PeterJ.Boettke.Thecoincidence(?)ofthesehalfcenturylandmarksprovidesoccasiontonotethecontributionsofbothgiantsofclassicalliberalpoliticaleconomyandtohighlighttheimportantconnectionsbetweenthem.MypurposeisnottoreiterateHayek’sresearchprogram.Manyothershavedonethat.Mypurposeistwofold:todescribe,inbrief,theuniquepoliticaleconomyagendaofPeterBoettkeandtohighlightBoettke’sotherareaofremarkablecontribution–hisinspirationofstudents.Iarguethatthesecontributionsarenotseparateorindividualizedphenomena.Theyareinseparableandintimatelyconnected.ThecentralfeaturesofBoettke’spolitical*IthankChrisCoyneandEdStringhamforhelpfulcommentsandsuggestionsandPeterBoettkeformakingmeaneconomist.47

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Title	The Political Economy of Peter Boettke
Authors/Creators:	Peter T. Leeson, George Mason University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	47 - 55
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academic Strategy, Boettke, Political economy, Methodology, Teaching, Economic theory, Price theory

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Leeson, Peter T. / 2010. "The Political Economy of Peter Boettke." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 47-55.