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Mario J. Rizzo
American economist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mario J. Rizzo (/ˈrɪzoʊ/; born July 6, 1948) is an American economist of the Austrian School.[1] He serves as Professor of Economics at New York University.
Early life
Rizzo studied economics at Fordham University where he received his B.A. and M.A. As a student, he was then known as a follower of Murray Rothbard.[2] He received his PhD in economics from the University of Chicago.[3]
Career
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Rizzo is the Director of the Program on the Foundations of the Market Economy.[4] He co-directs the Classical Liberal Institute[5] at the New York University School of Law with Richard Epstein. He was the 1997-1998 president of the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics[6] and the 2017-2018 Hayek Distinguished Visiting Professor for the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center, George Mason University.[7] He edits the Routledge book series Foundations of the Market Economy with Laurence H. White.[8] His works lies at the interface between ethics and economics, law and economics, and psychology and economics.[9] Jeffrey Tucker describes Rizzo's work as having a huge influence on his early thought and argues that his major work, Austrian Economics Re-examined,[10] launched a research program that has lasted for decades.[11] Peter Boettke describes the critical role of Rizzo's research program in his early work on the economics of socialism.[12]
In 2016, Rizzo was noted for being the only professional economist to sign open letters condemning both the economic policy platforms of Donald Trump[13] and Hillary Clinton.[14][15]
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Publications
Selected books
- Rizzo, Mario J.; Cowan, Robin (Eds.). (1995). Profits and morality. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 9780226116327
- Rizzo, Mario J.; O'Driscoll Jr, Gerald P. (2015). Austrian Economics Re-Examined: The Economics of Time and Ignorance. Routledge. ISBN 9781138023000
- Rizzo, Mario J.; Whitman, Glen (2020). Escaping Paternalism: Rationality, Behavioral Economics, and Public Policy. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781108760003
Selected articles
- Rizzo, Mario J. (1982). "A Theory of Economic Loss in the Law of Torts." The Journal of Legal Studies: 281–310.
- Rizzo, Mario J. (1990). "Hayek's four tendencies toward equilibrium." Cultural Dynamics: 12–31.
- Rizzo, Mario J. (2005). "The problem of moral dirigisme: a new argument against moralistic legislation." NYUJL & Liberty: 790–844.
- Rizzo, Mario J. (2015). "Abstract morality for an abstract order: Liberalism’s difficult problem." Supreme Court Economic Review: 7-34.
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