Peter Boettke
Boettke is a former Fulbright Fellow at the University of Economics in Prague, a National Fellow at Stanford University, and Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics.
Books by Peter Boettke
Articles
The Courage to Be Utopian
Liberalism says YES, and the cosmopolitan liberal order turns strangers into friends and enemies into partners.
The Many Threats to the Liberal Project
My students in Prague (or in Fairfax) do not appreciate enough how the right-wing populist assault on markets is as (if not more) dangerous to the Liberal Project as those from the left.
In Defense of the Teaching Mission
Don’t become cynical; embrace the challenge; and as teachers of a subtle scientific discipline it is vital to remember that the students will remember what is emphasized in the class, so emphasize throughout the lectures the enduring principles that are embodied in the economic way of thinking.
The Road to Serfdom at 75 Years Young
Hayek still speaks to us today about the nature of democratic ways of relating to the rule of law, the structure of government, the role of public policy, and the promise of an international order of cosmopolitan liberalism.
Enterprise Should Be Permissionless
If our entrepreneurial innovators had to get permission prior to introducing their innovations, we would still be walking around or perhaps at best riding on the backs of beasts.
Lionel Robbins, Prophet of International Liberalism
“We should not claim for liberalism,” Robbins insisted, “that the world it could produce would be perfect.… But we may claim that, with all its deficiencies, it would still provide a safeguard for happiness and spontaneity more efficient than any other which has yet been suggested.”
The Burden of Proof Needs to Change
If something is wrong in society, whom should be charged with fixing it? Today, there is a presumption that government should be.
Economic Basic: Trade Is Mutually Beneficial
This is perhaps the first lesson, and the most important, that students learn in economics.
The Bitter Logic of Political Choice
Not only does our politics drive a wedge between the public and the political community, but it places certain privileged political actors in a position to be tyrants over their fellow citizens. They govern over and not with others in the society under examination.
The Labeling Problem in Economic Thought
There is a core of the economic way of thinking that can be traced from Adam Smith to Vernon Smith and that deals with basic ideas about human rationality, human sociability, and the coordination of activity through time. Incentives, information, and innovation are part of this core as they derive from the even more primordial…
