Randall G. Holcombe | |
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Born | United States | June 4, 1950
Academic career | |
Institution | Florida State University |
Field | Economics, Austrian School, public choice, Constitutional economics, public policy, entrepreneurship |
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]
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