The F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in PPE at @mercatus encourages research on the institutional arrangements that support free & prosperous societies.
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On the second episode of The Hayekian Triangle, @vstorr, @PeterBoettke, and @ccoyne1 place James Buchanan’s essays “Natural and Artifactual Man” and “Afraid to Be Free” in conversation, exploring the tension between human beings’ capacity for self-creation and their desire for protection from uncertainty.
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Alexander Schaefer joined the Adam Smith Fellowship while pursuing his PhD in economics at the University of Arizona. The fellowship shaped his research agenda, providing ideas for papers and influencing the way he approaches economics and the world.
Smith Alum Alexander Schaefer shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story.
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Lillian Foos discovered the Exploring Complex Solutions fellowship as a high school student after her father, an economics teacher, encouraged her to apply. The experience deepened her interest in economics and education policy and gave her the confidence to pursue a career in education and make a difference.
Mercatus Alum Lillian Foos shares her story.
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Is AI's rise a constitutional moment for governance? Paul Dragos Aligica with @HayekProgram and @mercatus argues classical liberals must help design AI's rules, not just react to them, drawing on Buchanan and Ostrom's constitutional political economy. buff.ly/1ALprvs
Congratulations to Hayek Program scholar @KristenRoseC, who was selected as a 2026-2027 AIDC Community Fellow with Georgetown University's Initiative on Artificial Intelligence and Democratic Citizenship!
The inaugural cohort will take on a big question: What does it mean to exercise democratic judgment in the age of generative artificial intelligence?
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Grateful to the great @ccoyne1 for kicking off our @tfas Austrian Economics Seminar this weekend. One theme of his talk was the marvel of the market as a process for peaceful cooperation and creative problem solving 🎉💡
Congrats to our scholar, Dr. Don Boudreaux!! 🎉🎉🎉
The dinner may be over, but the conversation continues. CEI CEO Kent Lassman sat down with 2026 Julian L. Simon Awardee Donald J. Boudreaux for the full interview. Now on YouTube: bit.ly/4AhRySa
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Hayek wrote across economics, political philosophy, social theory, and more. What ties it all together?
In Friedrich Hayek: A Very Short Introduction, @PeterBoettke, director of the F. A. @HayekProgram at Mercatus, and M. Scott King offer a unifying idea: how social coordination is possible without central command.
Learn more: bit.ly/4iuFkz9
How can Public Choice renew political economy?
In the second-part of his essay on the past, present, and future of Public Choice, @PeterBoettke calls for an economics attentive to institutions, processes, and cultures of peace, drawing on Buchanan, Hayek, Ostrom, and Smith.
Read more here.
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What made standing armies politically advantageous in an age of commercial society?
In this article, @KristenRoseC examines Adam Smith’s account of technology, warfare, and liberty. Smith argued that modern weaponry diminished the importance of individual dexterity and courage while increasing the value of discipline, regularity, and obedience. Yet his defense of professional armies rested not only on military necessity, but also on their potential to expand independence and liberty through commercial relations.
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On this episode, our panel of discussants talk about Erwin Dekker's book, "Jan Tinbergen (1903-1994) and the Rise of Economic Expertise."
Dekker argues that Tinbergen's crucial contribution is the theory of economic policy and the legitimation of economic expertise in service of the state. It traces his youthful socialist ideals which found political direction in the Plan-socialist movement of the 1930s for which he developed new economic models to combat the Great Depression. The book then turns to an examination of his attempt to repeat this achievement in the development projects in the Global South and at the international level for the United Nations.
Peter Boettke moderates the panel, with contributions from Sandra Peart and Michele Alacevich.
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What is the future of public choice?
In the first of a two-part essay, @PeterBoettke reflects on the intellectual legacy of James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, the development of the Virginia School of Political Economy, and the continuing importance of studying how ideas, interests, and institutions shape political outcomes. He argues that future research should focus not only on state capacity, but also on self-governance and the institutional pathways that make liberty and prosperity possible.
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My class tonight was focused on Alchian and Becker… thecoordinationproblem.subst…
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Richard E. Wagner on His Formation and Reorientation as an Economist open.substack.com/pub/humane…
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You can now pre-order a copy of Rainbow Liberty, which is edited by @NathanPGoodman, @NovakMikayla, and me. If you’re interested in classical liberalism and the flourishing of minority communities, please check out this volume.
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More on Degrowth open.substack.com/pub/markko…
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There was a recent post correctly pointing to Menger's revolutionary contribution to economics science. In 2022 I published a paper in the European Journal of History of Economic Thought discussing Menger and his continuing relevance.
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Bryan Cheang discovered the Adam Smith Fellowship during his PhD studies in political economy at King's College London. Coming from Singapore, Bryan was drawn to the fellowship's interdisciplinary approach and its focus on understanding how free markets and liberal institutions work across different cultural contexts.
Smith Alum @bryancheang_ shares his Mercatus Fellowship Story.
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How did more than 70,000 Americans overcome collective-action problems to support Central American immigrants during the Sanctuary movement of the 1980s and early 1990s?
Karla Segovia, @NathanPGoodman, and @molly_rovinski examine how polycentric networks and nested governance arrangements enabled diverse religious communities to coordinate effectively in pursuit of a shared public good.
Read the full article to learn how decentralized institutions helped sustain one of the largest acts of civil disobedience in modern US history.
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In the second of a two-part series, @PeterBoettke and @vstorr finish their conversation on the legacy of Don Lavoie as both a mentor and scholar. Storr first reflects on the untimely death of Lavoie and the impact he left on his colleagues and students.
Later on, Boettke and Storr discuss the nature of scholarship and the process of exploring gaps in the social sciences before finishing their talk with some thoughts on the importance of interdisciplinary conversations.
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