Christopher Coyne
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Associate Director, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityF. A. Harper Professor of Economics, Mercatus Center at George Mason UniversityProfessor of Economics, George Mason University
Christopher Coyne is associate director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He specializes in Austrian economics, economic development, emerging democracies, postwar and disaster reconstruction, political economy, and social change.
Coyne is the author, coauthor, or coeditor of ten books, including, In Search of Monsters to Destroy: The Folly of American Empire and the Paths to Peace, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails, and How to Run Wars: A Confidential Playbook for the National Security Elite (forthcoming, summer 2024). He is a prolific contributor to scholarly journals, has published numerous policy briefs, and has written for the Daily Caller, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and other media outlets. He has been a guest on the Book Club with Jeffrey Sachs podcast. Coyne is the coeditor in chief of the Review of Austrian Economics and the coeditor of Independent Review. He is a member of the Board of Scholars for the Virginia Institute for Public Policy.
Coyne was a Hayek Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and worked in the internal consulting services at JPMorgan Chase & Co. Coyne received his PhD in economics from George Mason University and his BS in business administration from Manhattan College.
For CV and a current list of publications, view Christopher's personal website.
Latest Work
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy | "Free the People"
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Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking
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The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship
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Noxious government markets: Evidence from the international arms trade
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A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy
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In Search of Monsters to Destroy
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The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society
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The Military-Industrial Complex
Latest Work
- | Podcast Appearance Podcast Appearance
In Search of Monsters to Destroy | "Free the People"
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Entrepreneurial Pathways to Peacemaking
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
The Austrian School in the USA: Institutions and Entrepreneurship
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Noxious government markets: Evidence from the international arms trade
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Military-Industrial Complex
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
A behavioral approach to the rational choice analysis of the limits of state action
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Books Books
In Search of Monsters to Destroy
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
The Market as a Space for Building a Peaceful Society
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Working Papers Working Papers
The Military-Industrial Complex
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Research Papers Research Papers
Exchange in Politics and Economics
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U.S. Border Militarization and Foreign Policy
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The economic logic behind the ultimate resource
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Perverse Consequences of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems
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Police State, U.S.A.
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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Manufacturing Militarism
Latest Work
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Christopher Coyne Interviewed on Free To Exchange about Foreign Intervention
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On the Great Depression and WWII | The Research Program of Robert Higgs
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On Government Crowding Out | The Research Program of Robert Higgs
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Crisis and Leviathan Part 2 | The Research Program of Robert Higgs
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Crisis and Leviathan Part 1 | The Research Program of Robert Higgs
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The Research Program of Robert Higgs | The Intellectual Background of Robert Higgs
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The Research Program of Robert Higgs
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
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How Don Lavoie Changed the Debate about Socialism and Central Planning
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Economic Rockstar Podcast | Christopher Coyne on the Opportunity Cost of War, Exporting Democracy and the Nirvana Fallacy
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Austrian School of Political Economy I: Value, Prices, & Economic Calculation
Latest Work
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Doing Bad by Doing Good, Why Humanitarian Action Fails Book Panel
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VIDEO: Doing Bad by Doing Good Book Panel
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Peter Boettke Discusses "Living Economics" for the Future of Freedom Foundation
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Crisis and the Creeping Militarization of American Society
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The Economic Lessons of Valentine's Day
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