Dr. Peter Boettke received his PhD in economics from George Mason University in 1989 and is currently a university professor of economics there. His fields are Austrian economics and Comparative Political Economy. Prior to his return in 1998, Dr. Boettke taught at New York University. He was also a National Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He has edited or co-edited several volumes on Austrian Economics including: The Elgar Companion to Austrian Economics and The Market Process: Essays in Contemporary Austrian Economics and Market Process Theories. He is currently the editor of The Review of Austrian Economics and author of Why Perestroika Failed and The Political Economy of Soviet Socialism.