American born Austrian School economist (born 1941)
Walter Block
Walter Block speaking in May 2016
Born
Walter Edward Block
(1941-08-21) August 21, 1941 (age 82)
New York City, U.S.
Education
Brooklyn College (BA) Columbia University (PhD)
Academic career
Field
Political economy, environmental economics, transport economics, political philosophy
School or tradition
Austrian School
Doctoral advisor
Gary Becker, William Landes
Influences
Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, Ayn Rand, Milton Friedman, Friedrich Hayek, Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, H.L. Mencken
Contributions
Evictionism
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Walter Edward Block (born August 21, 1941) is an American Austrian School economist and anarcho-capitalist theorist.[1] He was the Harold E. Wirth Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair in Economics at the School of Business at Loyola University New Orleans and a senior fellow of the non-profit think-tank Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.[2]
^"About Walter Block". Archived from the original on December 29, 2016. Retrieved March 27, 2014.
^"Mises Institute Faculty Listing". Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved July 31, 2013.
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