name | Donald J. Boudreaux |
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school tradition | Austrian school of economics |
color | lightsteelblue |
nationality | United States |
institution | George Mason University |
field | Law and economics, Austrian economics, International Trade |
alma mater | University of VirginiaAuburn University |
influences | Friedrich Hayek |
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Donald J. Boudreaux is professor of economics at George Mason University. He served as chairman from August 2001 and stepped down in August 2009. He previously served as president of the libertarian think tank Foundation for Economic Education, a post he accepted in May 1997. He also teaches courses on law and economics at the George Mason University School of Law.
From 1992 to 1997, Boudreaux was professor of law and economics at Clemson University. He also served on the economics faculty at George Mason University from 1985 through 1990.
His Ph.D., in economics, is from Auburn University and his law degree is from the University of Virginia School of Law.
Boudreaux has lectured in the United States, Latin America, and Europe on a wide variety of topics, including the nature of law, antitrust law and economics, and international trade.
His articles have been published in the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Regulation, Reason, the Freeman, the American Spectator, the Washington Times, the Journal of Commerce, the Cato Journal, and several scholarly journals such as the Supreme Court Economic Review, Southern Economic Journal, Antitrust Bulletin, and the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking.
He has publicly criticized Nobel Laureate Economist Paul Krugman, stating that Krugman frequently 'commits elementary errors' when discussing economics.
He blogs at Cafe Hayek with Russell Roberts.
Boudreaux frequently writes letters to the editor, many of which have been printed, to various newspapers. All of Boudreaux's letters, as well as those of fellow economist Andrew Morriss, are reprinted at marketcorrection.
Boudreaux offered the observation that complex issues such as the economy of the USA cannot be figured out by master planners; it is a gigantic puzzle where each piece must find a place for itself (individual choice).
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