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Fall 2010

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 26, Number 1

Categories: Education | Fall 2010

Ideas, Funding, and Positions: The Elements of a Successful Intellectual Movement, and the Role of Peter J. Boettke in Advancing Austrian Economics

Stephen C. Miller, Troy University

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise26(1),2010,67-71Ideas,Funding,andPositions:TheElementsofaSuccessfulIntellectualMovement,andtheRoleofPeterJ.BoettkeinAdvancingAustrianEconomicsStephenC.MillerWesternCarolinaUniversityAbstractTherecordofPeterJ.Boettke'smentorshipofPhDstudentsineconomicsisparticularlyimpressive,usingthecriteriaofhisformerstudents’intellectualcontributions,theirsuccessinobtainingfundingfortheiractivities,andtheirpositionswithinacademia.TherecordshowsthatBoettkehashadunequaledsuccessasamentorofdoctoralstudentsinAustrianandMarketProcesseconomics.JELCodes:A23,B23Keywords:Graduateeconomicseducation;AustrianeconomicsI.IntroductionTherearenumerouswaystoevaluatementorsandtheirvariousstylesandapproaches.Butperhapsthemostimportantwaytoevaluateamentorisintermsofstudents’careerresults.Thequalityofamentorbecomesobviouswhenatrackrecordhasbeenestablishedandonecanlookatthesuccessofhismentees.InthecaseofPhDadvisorsineconomics,amentor’strackrecordisobservedintheprofessionalsuccessofhisstudents.Bythisstandard,PeteBoettkehasshownuniquesuccessamonghispeersatGeorgeMasonUniversityandamongprofessionalAustrian-schooleconomists.SincecomingtoGeorgeMasonin1997,Boettkehaschaired16dissertations.Fourteenofthose16adviseesarecurrentlyteachingatcollegesanduniversities,andtheothertwoareaffiliatedwithuniversity-affiliatedpolicyandresearchcenters.Elevenofthe14inteachingpositionsarecurrentlyonthetenuretrack.Bynowtherearesurelymore,butasofthiswritingthosestudentshaveproducedatleast212uniquejournalarticlesandsevenacademicbooks,fourauthoredandthreeeditedvolumes.Iknowwhatyouarethinking,67

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Title	Ideas, Funding, and Positions: The Elements of a Successful Intellectual Movement, and the Role of Peter J. Boettke in Advancing Austrian Economics
Authors/Creators:	Stephen C. Miller, Troy University
Year:	2010
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Pages:	67 - 71
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Academic Strategy, Austrian Economics, Academia, Mentorship, Boettke, Economics of education

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C. Miller, Stephen / 2010. "Ideas, Funding, and Positions: The Elements of a Successful Intellectual Movement, and the Role of Peter J. Boettke in Advancing Austrian Economics." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 26(1): 67-71.