Peter Boettke Is Teaching the Humanistic Foundations of Austrian Economics
For this week’s episode of the Acton Line I spoke with Peter J. Boettke, Distinguished University Professor of Economics at George Mason University, as well as the director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, about the importance of the history of economic thought and the Austrian School of economics.
Pete is an amazing scholar and teacher and one of my intellectual heroes!
Why read the classics in economics? How is the humanistic and scientific nature of the Austrian School related to political ideology and commitments? Why have GMU and Mercatus been so successful in fostering research and educating the next generation of scholars in the Austrian tradition?
Watch and listen to find out!
Pete once had me come speak to his GMU students on Tolkien. It was a blast.