Toward a Libertarian Strategy for Academic Change : The Movement Building of Peter Boettke

Murray Rothbard (1977) maintained that libertarian social change requires a libertarian cadre both committed to principle and willing to engage others to help advance the cause. This article applies this theory to academia and highlights the contribution of a professor who best exemplifies what can be classified as the centrist or movement-building approach to libertarian academic change, Peter Boettke. This article focuses on Peter Boettke's efforts to increase the number of academics advancing liberty and then highlights some of his contributions