Walter Block | |
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 Walter Block speaking in May 2016 | |
| Born | Walter Edward Block August 21, 1941 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 former 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.