Bøker av Peter J. Boettke

Bringing together several scholars from different social science disciplines who relate Hayek's theory of social change to empirical phenomena and methodological debates within their respective disciplines, Toward a Hayekian Theory of Social Change explores Hayek's political economy and social philosophy in new perspective.

This book explores the life and work of Austrian-British economist, political economist, and social philosopher, Friedrich Hayek. Hayek saw order emerging from individual action and responsibility under the appropriate institutional order that itself emerges from actors discovering new and better ways to coordinate their behavior.

Conventional wisdom has it that government management of the economy is the means to transform a backward economy into a dynamic, modern one. This book showcases a range of development experiences in order to ascertain the reasons for this quagmire.

Presents an analysis of the vision behind the Bloomington Research Program in Institutional Analysis and Development. This book explains the foundational philosophy that frames its research questions and theoretical and methodological approaches. It is suitable for those in the fields of economics, political science and sociology.

This argues that Perestroika failed as the result of the lack of understanding of market and political processes with reform processes representing

Written by one of the major Austrian economists, this collection of essays brings together author's writings on a variety of economic issues.

For one semester survey courses in general economics Teach your students how to think like economists. The Economic Way of Thinking goes beyond explaining the basic principles of micro- and macroeconomic analysis by showing students a method of reasoning that teaches them how to apply these principles as tools. The authors expose students to a method of reasoning that makes them think like an economist through example and application and also shows them how not to think, by exposing errors in popular economic reasoning. The latest edition has been thoroughly updated with current material.

This collection gathers together outstanding material which not only illustrates Robinson's intellectual path but, in doing so, documents the major debates in economic theory.

Argues that instead of traditional approaches to development policy in Sub-Saharan Africa, the focus needs to be on adoption of sound political and legal institutions, with private property rights to encourage entrepreneurship and economic growth. This book examines case studies of property rights reform in the developing world.