Randall G. Holcombe

Randall G. Holcombe
Born	(1950-06-04) June 4, 1950 (age 74) United States
Academic career
Field	Economics, Austrian School, public choice, Constitutional economics, public policy, entrepreneurship
Institution	Florida State University
School or tradition	Austrian School
Alma mater	Virginia Tech, University of Florida
Influences	James M. Buchanan, Murray Rothbard
Contributions	Public choice theory
Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Randall Gregory Holcombe (born June 4, 1950) is an American economist, and the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University. ^[1] He is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute, ^[2] a Senior Fellow and member of the Research Advisory Council at The James Madison Institute, ^[3] and past president of the Public Choice Society. ^[4] From 2000 to 2006 he served on Governor Jeb Bush's Council of Economic Advisors. ^[4]

Holcombe is the author of several books on economics and American politics. ^[2] In libertarian theoretical discourse, he has argued that private defense agencies could form cartels and oppress people, more or less as governments, with little fear of competition. ^[5]

Holcombe is a musician and licensed pilot. ^[6]

Bibliography

• Holcombe, Randall G., ed. (1999). The Great Austrian Economists. Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute. ISBN   0945466048.
• Holcombe, Randall G. Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power is Made and Maintained. Cambridge University Press, 2018. ISBN   978-1-108-44990-8.
• Holcombe, Randall G. Coordination, Cooperation, and Control: The Evolution of Economic and Political Power. Springer International Publishing, Cham 2020. ISBN   978-3-030-48666-2, doi : 10.1007/978-3-030-48667-9.

References

1. Florida State University, Economics Department faculty listing Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2011-02-01.
2. The Independent Institute, Randall G. Holcombe. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
3. The James Madison Institute, Research Advisory Council. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
4. Florida State University, Randall G. Holcombe Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved 2012-04-18.
5. Holcombe, Randall G. (Winter 2004). "Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable" (PDF). The Independent Review. 8 (3): 325–342.
6. Mises Economics Blog, . Retrieved 2012-04-18.