Peter J. Boettke is a professor of economics at George Mason University, the Deputy Director of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, and the Research Director of the Global Prosperity Initiative at the Mercatus Center.

He received his BA in economics from Grove City College and his PhD in economics from George Mason University. Before joining the faculty at George Mason University in 1998, he held faculty positions at Oakland University, Manhattan College, and New York University. In addition, Boettke was a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution for War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University during the 1992-1993 academic year. He has been a visiting professor or scholar at the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, the Max Planck Institute for Research into Economic Systems in Jena, Germany, the Stockholm School of Economics, Central European University in Prague and Charles University in Prague.

Boettke is the author of several books on the history, collapse and transition from socialism in the former Soviet Union --- The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism: The Formative Years, 1918-1928 (Kluwer, 1990); Why Perestroika Failed: The Economics and Politics of Socialism Transformation (Routledge, 1993); and Calculation and Coordination: Essays on Socialism and Transitional Political Economy (Routledge, 2001). He is also now the co-author, along with David Prychitko, of the classic principles of economics texts of Paul Heyne's The Economic Way of Thinking (10th Edition, Prentice Hall, 2002). Boettke has also edited the The Legacy of F. A. Hayek: Politics, Philosophy, Economics, 3 volumes (Elgar, 1999).

In 1998, Boettke assumed the editorship of the Review of Austrian Economics (Kluwer Academic Publishers). The Review of Austrian Economics was founded by late Murray Rothbard in mid-1980s to promote research and the further development of the Austrian School of Economics. Since the mid-1990s, Boettke has also been the Director of the Advanced Summer Seminar in Austrian Economics, a post he took over from Israel Kirzner.

In addition to his scholarly activities, Boettke is a dedicated teacher and has won teaching awards, including the Golden Dozen Award for Excellence in Teaching from New York University. He has taught in the Honors College Programs at Oakland University, New York University and George Mason University. Beyond economics, Boettke is also an affiliated faculty member in the Russian Studies Program; has taught at the Law School; and served on dissertation committees in the School of Public Policy.

In 2005, Peter was the recipient of the Charles G. Koch Outstanding Alum Award, in recognition of his role as an unwavering defender of liberty in the scholarly community.

Humane Studies Review Works

• Book Review - "Being Human: What They Don't Teach in Graduate School," by Peter Boettke