Dr. Boettke received his Ph.D in economics from George Mason University in 1989 and is currently Professor of economics here. His fields are Austrian economics and Comparative Political Economy. Prior to his return in 1998, Dr. Boettke taught at New York University. He was also a National Fellow at the Hoover Institute, Stanford University. While he was at NYU, he won the Gold Dozen Teaching Award, the university wide recognition for teaching excellence at NYU.

He has edited or co-edited several volumes on Austrian Economics including: The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics and The Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics and Market Process Theories. He is currently the editor of The Review of Austrian Economics. He is the author of Why Perestroika Failed and The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism.

Dr. Boettke has a home page at www.gmu.edu/departments/economics/pboettke/index.html. The page includes: the information on Austrian economics, materials for his classes, his vitae, and other materials