Steven Horwitz
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Former Senior Affiliated ScholarFormer Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise, Ball State UniversityFormer Director, Institute for the Study of Political Economy, Miller College of Business, Ball State UniversityFormer Senior Fellow, Fraser Institute
Steven Horwitz was a senior affiliated scholar with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Ball State University, and director of the Insitute for the Study of Political Economy at Ball State University. Horwitz was also a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute in Canada and a distinguished scholar at the Foundation for Economic Education. He completed his MA and PhD in economics at George Mason University and received his A.B. in economics and philosophy from The University of Michigan.
Steven is the author of three books, Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000), and Hayek’s Modern Family: Classical Liberalism and the Evolution of Social Institutions (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015). He has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and American economic history. His work has been published in professional journals such as History of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal, and The Cambridge Journal of Economics.
For a list of his past publications, view Steven's personal website.
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Households as Crisis Shock Absorbers
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Midwifery Licensing: Medicalization of Birth and Special Interests
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Regulation and the Perpetuation of Poverty in the US and Senegal
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 2
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 1
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Economics Show Why Politicians' Mask Mandates Don't Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
Austrian Economics
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Microfoundations and macroeconomics at 20
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Recovery Lessons from Katrina, Harvey, Irma and Maria
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Immigrants Will Play a Crucial Role in Hurricane Recovery Efforts
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Households as Crisis Shock Absorbers
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Midwifery Licensing: Medicalization of Birth and Special Interests
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Regulation and the Perpetuation of Poverty in the US and Senegal
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 2
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 1
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Economics Show Why Politicians' Mask Mandates Don't Work
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
Austrian Economics
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Microfoundations and macroeconomics at 20
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Recovery Lessons from Katrina, Harvey, Irma and Maria
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Immigrants Will Play a Crucial Role in Hurricane Recovery Efforts
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Households as Crisis Shock Absorbers
- | Healthcare Healthcare
- | Working Papers Working Papers
Midwifery Licensing: Medicalization of Birth and Special Interests
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Regulation Regulation
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Regulation and the Perpetuation of Poverty in the US and Senegal
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
Austrian Economics
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Microfoundations and macroeconomics at 20
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Inequality
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Journal Articles Journal Articles
Behavioral Economics
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Books Books
Studies in Austrian Macroeconomics
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Introduction: Money, Cycles, and Crises in the United States and Canada
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Book Chapters Book Chapters
Hayek on the Neutrality of Money
Latest Work
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 2
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
Peter Boettke & Steven Horwitz on Austrian Economics in Recent Times, Pt. 1
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Macro Musings Macro Musings
Steve Horwitz on Monetary Disequilibrium and Austrian Business Cycle Theory
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
'Hayek's Modern Family' Book Panel
- | F. A. Hayek Program F. A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
Walmart, Katrina, and Disaster Response
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Steven Horwitz Discusses the Austrian School of Economics on The World Show
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Mercatus Original Video Mercatus Original Video
Debate: Is There Too Much Inequality?
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | TV Appearance TV Appearance
Steve Horwitz on Austrian Economics, Family, and Bleeding Heart Libertarians
Latest Work
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Economics Show Why Politicians' Mask Mandates Don't Work
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Recovery Lessons from Katrina, Harvey, Irma and Maria
- | International Freedom and Trade International Freedom and Trade
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Immigrants Will Play a Crucial Role in Hurricane Recovery Efforts
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Anti-Gouging Laws Hurt Those They Try to Help
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Technology and Innovation Technology and Innovation
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
Mercatus Scholars on Barriers to Entry and Occupational Licensing
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The War on Poverty Kept Poor People Poor
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Fed Needs to Taper QE to Avoid Long-Term Risks
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Government Spending Government Spending
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
A Bogus Bonus for Future Bureaucrats
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary
The Federal Reserve Ignores Its Own Role in the Financial Crisis
- | Academic & Student Programs Academic & Student Programs
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
- | Expert Commentary Expert Commentary