My guest today is Peter Boettke, an economist of the Austrian School. He is currently an economics and philosophy professor at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, Vice President for Research, and Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at GMU.
The topic is his book F. A. Hayek: Economics, Political Economy and Social Philosophy (Great Thinkers in Economics).
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- Trade deficits
- Trump politics
- Politics in the marketplace
- Zero sum game
- Jeff Bezos and rent seeking
- The market for privileges
- Merchant class mentality
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