PETER J. BOETTKE BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Mercatus Center at George Mason University, & University Professor of Economics and Philosophy Department of Economics, MSN 3G4 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030 Tel: 703-993-1149 Fax: 703-993-1133 Web: http://www.peter-boettke.com http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=182652 http://www.coordinationproblem.org PERSONAL Date of birth: January 3, 1960 Nationality: United States EDUCATION Ph.D. in Economics, George Mason University, January, 1989 M.A. in Economics, George Mason University, January, 1987 B.A. in Economics, Grove City College, May, 1983 TITLE OF DOCTORAL THESIS: The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism, 1918-1928 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Academic Positions 1987 –88 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University 1988 –90 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, School of Business Administration, Oakland University, Rochester, MI 48309 1990 –97 Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, New York University, New York, NY 10003 1997 –98 Associate Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, School of Business, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471 1998 – 2003 Associate Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 (tenured Fall 2000) 2003 –07 Professor, Department of Economics, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030 2007 – University Professor, George Mason University 2011 – Affiliate Faculty, Department of Philosophy, George Mason University FIELDS OF INTEREST Market Process Theory, Comparative Political Economy, History of Economic Thought and Methodology, Economic Development, Economic Methodology, Austrian Economics, Political Economy, Informal Institutions AWARDS AND GRANTS Awards, Prizes and Honors 2012 Doctorate honoris causa in Social Sciences, Universidad Francisco Marroquin 2011 Certificate of Appreciation for 2010-2011 ASC Keynote Address: “The Tasks of Economic Education,” The Adam Smith Club, Campbell University 2011 Franz Čuhel Memorial Prize for Excellence in Economic Education, CEVRO Institut, Prague, Czech Republic 2010 Distinguished Alumni Award, George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences 2010 Adam Smith Award, Association of Private Enterprise Education 2009 Faculty Member of the Year Award, George Mason University Alumni Association 2006 Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture, Wellington, New Zealand 2005 Jack Kennedy Award for Alumni Achievement, Grove City College 2005 Charles Koch Distinguished Alumnus, The Institute for Humane Studies 2005 Distinguished Scholar Award, Association of Private Enterprise Education 2002 Templeton Guest Lecture, Bucharest, Romania 1999 & 2001 Templeton Foundation Freedom Project for Course Design 2000 Templeton Foundation for the Advanced Study of Freedom (Galway, Ireland) 1999 Templeton Foundation for the Advanced Study of Freedom (Newport, Rhode Island) 1999 Smith Prize, Society for the Development of Austrian Economics 1998 Henry George Distinguished Lecture, St. John’s University 1998 Bowman Distinguished Lecture, Indiana Wesleyan University 1995 Otto Eckstein Prize, Eastern Economic Association (Honorable Mention) 1995 Golden Dozen Teaching Award, New York University 1995 Visiting Scholar, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University 1994 The Mont Pelerin Society. International paper competition on the legacy of F. A. Hayek (First Prize) 1993 Visiting Professor, Central European University, Prague, CZ 1993 Visiting Scholar, The Institute for International Political and Economic Studies Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 1992 Summer Faculty Seminar on Economy and Culture, Institute for the Study of Economic Culture, Boston University 1992 AEA Meetings, Association for Comparative Economic Studies Paper Competition (First Prize) 1989 William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement for Graduate Studies in Economics, George Mason University 1988 AEA Meetings, Omicron Delta Epsilon Graduate Student Paper Competition (Winner) 1983 Graduated with High Honors in Economics, Grove City College Fellowships 2011 Fulbright Commission Scholarship, CEVRO Institute, Prague, Czech Republic 2004, 2006 F.A. Hayek Fellow, London School of Economics 2000- 02 Faculty Summer Fellow, Charles University/Georgetown University 2001 Faculty Fellow, Stockholm School of Economics 1997 Faculty Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Research Into Economic Systems 1994 F.A. Hayek Fellowship Award, The Mont Pelerin Society 1992-93 National Fellow, Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace, Stanford University 1990 Oakland University Faculty Summer Research Fellowship 1989 School of Business Administration, Oakland University, Summer Research Fellowship 1988 Dissertation Fellowship, George Mason University 1986-89, 93 F. A. Hayek Fund for Scholars Research Grant, Institute for Humane Studies at George Mason University 1984-87 Claude R. Lambe Research Fellowship, The Center for the Study of Market Processes, George Mason University Grants 2000- H.B. Earhart Foundation, grant for dissertation fellowship 2000- Oloffson/Weaver Family, grant for dissertation fellowship 1998- Program in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Kaplan Foundation 1992-93 Faculty Research Grant, Earhart Foundation ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS Authored Books nd 1. Institutional Economics: Property, Competition, Policies, 2 ed.: Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012. (co-authored with Wolfgang Kasper and Manfred E. Streit) 2. Living Economics: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute and Universidad Francisco Marroquin, 2012. 3. Robustní Politická Ekonomie pro 21. Století. Prague, Czech Republic: CEVRO Institut Academic Press, 2011. 4. Context Matters: Institutions and Entrepreneurship. In Zoltan Acs & David Audretsch, eds. Foundations & Trends in Entrepreneurship series. Now Publishers, 2009. (co- authored with Chris Coyne) 5. Challenging Institutional Analysis and Development: The Bloomington School. New York: Routledge, 2009. (co-authored with Paul Dragos Aligica) th th th 6. The Economic Way of Thinking, 10 ed., 2002; 11 ed., 2005; 12 ed., 2009. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 527pp. (with Paul Heyne [original author] and David Prychitko, preface by Douglass North). 7. The Battle of Ideas: Economics and the Struggle for a Better World. (The Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture). Wellington, NZ: NZBR, 2007. 8. Is an Independent Non-Profit Sector Prone to Failure? In Lenore Ealy, ed. Conversations in Philanthropy series. Indianapolis, IN: The Philanthropic Enterprise, 2004 (co-authored with David Prychitko) 9. Calculation & Coordination: Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy. In Mario Rizzo and Lawrence H. White, eds. Foundations of the Market Economy series (London: Routledge, 2001), 352pp. 10. Why Perestroika Failed: The Politics and Economics of Socialist Transformation (London: Routledge, 1993), 199pp. 11. The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: The Formative Years, 1918-1928 (Boston: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1990), 246pp. Edited Books Edited with an introduction and conclusion. Handbook on Contemporary Austrian Economics. (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2010.) Edited, with an introduction. The Legacy of Ludwig von Mises: Theory and History, 2 volumes. In Steven Medema, ed. Intellectual Legacies in Modern Economics series (Aldershot, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006). (Co-editor Peter Leeson). Edited, with an introduction. Socialism and the Market: The Socialist Calculation Debate Revisited, 9 volumes (London: Routledge, 2000). Edited, with an introduction. The Legacy of F. A. Hayek: Politics, Philosophy and Economics, 3 volumes. In Steven Medema, ed. Intellectual Legacies in Modern Economics series (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000). Edited, with an introduction. Market Process Theories, 2 volumes. In Mark Blaug, ed. The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1998). (Co-editor, David L. Prychitko). Edited, with an introduction and conclusion. The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994), 628pp. Edited, with an introduction. The Collapse of Development Planning. In Mario Rizzo, ed. The Political Economy of the Austrian School series (New York: New York University Press, 1994), 334pp. Edited, with an introduction and conclusion. The Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics (Aldershot: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1994), 320pp. (Co-editor, David L. Prychitko). Journal Articles “Neoliberalism, Race, and the American Welfare State: A Discussion of Joe Soss, Richard C. Fording, and Sanford F. Schram’s Disciplining the Poor: Neoliberal Paternalism and the Persistent Power of Race.” Perspectives on Politics, forthcoming. “The Impact of Nobel Prize Winners in Economics: Mainline vs. Mainstream.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology, forthcoming (co-authored with Alexander Fink and Daniel J. Smith) “A Behavioral Approach to the Political and Economic Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.” Journal of Socio-Economics, forthcoming "The Servants of Obama's Machinery: F.A. Hayek's The Road to Serfdom Revisited?-- A Reply." Eastern Economic Journal, 2012, vol. 38, no. 4, pp. 428-433 (co-authored with Nicholas Snow) “Quasimarket Failure.” Public Choice, 2011, vol. 149, no. 1-2, pp. 209-224 (co- authored with Peter Leeson and Christopher Coyne) “How Can We Avoid Closed-ended and Single Exit Theories in Economics