Donald J. Boudreaux

Dr. Donald J. Boudreaux is a Senior Fellow with the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University; a Mercatus Center Board Member; a Professor of Economics and former economics-department chair at George Mason University; an Adjunct Scholar at the Cato Institute; and holds the Martha and Nelson Getchell Chair for the Study of Free Market Capitalism at the Mercatus Center. 

Boudreaux earned his PhD in Economics from Auburn University and a law degree from the University of Virginia. He specializes in globalization and trade, law and economics, and antitrust economics. Formerly, he was President of the Foundation for Economic Education and an Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Economics at Clemson University. 

Boudreaux is committed to making economics more accessible to a wider audience, and he has lectured across the United States, Canada, Latin America, and Europe on a wide variety of topics, including antitrust law and international trade. He has published many books, including The Triumph of Economic Freedom: Debunking the Seven Great Myths of American Capitalism (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025), The Essential Hayek (Fraser Institute, 2015), Hypocrites and Half-Wits: A Daily Dose of Sanity from Cafe Hayek (Free to Choose Press, 2012), and Globalization (Greenwood Press, 2007). 

His articles appear in such publications as the Wall Street Journal, US News & World Report, as well as numerous scholarly journals. He created the economics blog Cafe Hayek with Russ Roberts, is a regular contributor to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, and has appeared numerous times on John Stossel’s show to discuss a range of economic issues.