Steven Horwitz

Professor of Economics

St. Lawrence University

Steven Horwitz is Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center in Arlington, VA. He is the author of two books, Microfoundations and Macroeconomics: An Austrian Perspective (Routledge, 2000) and Monetary Evolution, Free Banking, and Economic Order (Westview, 1992), and he has written extensively on Austrian economics, Hayekian political economy, monetary theory and history, and the economics and social theory of gender and the family. His work has been published in professional journals such as History of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal, and The Cambridge Journal of Economics. He has also done public policy research for the Mercatus Center, Heartland Institute, Citizens for a Sound Economy, and the Cato Institute, with his most recent work being on the role of Wal-Mart and other big box stores in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  

Horwitz serves as the book review editor of the Review of Austrian Economics, is a contributing editor of The Freeman, where he also has a weekly online column, and is a frequent guest on Fox Business’s Freedom Watch. He has a PhD in Economics from George Mason University and an AB in Economics and Philosophy from The University of Michigan.  He is currently working on a book on classical liberalism and the family.

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March 29, 2013
3:03

Many people have been talking about job creation lately,...

March 08, 2013
24:01
Equality, Economics

Wealth inequality may be real, but is it fair? And what does it mean for a...

March 08, 2013
2:08
Equality, Economics

Wealth inequality may be REAL, but is it FAIR? And what does it mean for a society to be fair?...

August 07, 2012
3:29

Is what’s good for General Motors really what’s good for America? Professor Steve...

May 07, 2012
2:48

Are corporations people, or are they something else? Corporations are made up of people –...

August 30, 2011
4:00

Another contemporary economic myth is that women make 75 cents for every dollar men make because...

August 17, 2011
3:32

According to Prof. Steve Horwitz, one contemporary economic myth is that the cost of living has...

June 03, 2011
53:49
Economics, Other

Prof. Steve Horwitz discusses the relationship between capitalism and the family. Prior to...

April 13, 2011
47:19

Prof. Steve Horwitz describes the concept of spontaneous order, a key theme in the works of...

March 18, 2011
51:54

From the IHS Vault: Prof. Steve Horwitz explores what he calls "Libertarian Cosmopolitanism...

March 01, 2011
51:39

From the IHS Vault: How well-off are we? Using economic data, economics professor Steve Horwitz...

February 28, 2011
4:08

Prof. Steve Horwitz addresses the common belief that the world is running out of natural...

February 16, 2011
3:27

People often say that "the rich are getting richer while the poor are getting poorer....