Miguel Anxo Bastos

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bastos and the second or maternal family name is Boubeta.

Miguel Anxo Bastos
Born	12 August 1967 (1967-08-12) (age 57) Vigo, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Political party	Galician Nationalist Bloc (formerly)
Academic career
Field	Public policy Social movements Anarcho-capitalism Paleolibertarianism Galicianism
School or tradition	Austrian School
Influences	Jesús Huerta de Soto Ludwig von Mises Friedrich Hayek Murray Rothbard Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Miguel Anxo Bastos Boubeta (born 12 August 1967) is a Spanish economist of the Austrian School. He is a professor in the Faculty of Political Science and Administration at the University of Santiago de Compostela.^[1]

Education and career

Bastos has a doctorate in economic and business science from the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC) and a degree in political and social science from the National University of Distance Education (UNED).^[2]

He is currently a professor at the Faculty of Political Science and Administration at USC, his specialty is focused on the field of public policy and contemporary social movements. He has also made different stays as a visiting professor at the Francisco Marroquín University of Guatemala.^[3]

Thought

Bastos was a member of the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), basing himself on the ideas of Galicianism and Galician secessionism. During his university years, he openly declared himself a socialist, for which he came into contact, by contrast, with authors of the Austrian School such as Ludwig von Mises, being introduced to the debate on economic calculation by professors of Marxist thought.^[2]

He is a disciple of the economist Jesús Huerta de Soto, and together with him they are notable intellectual exponents of anarcho-capitalism in Spain. His main influence on economic theory has been the Austrian economists Friedrich Hayek and Ludwig von Mises. He is aligned with libertarian political views developed by economists and political philosophers Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe.

He has obtained media exposure due to his lectures on comparative political studies between Austrian School thought and other currents of economic and political thought, usually given at the Juan de Mariana Institute in Spain and at the Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala.

References

1. "Miguel Anxo Bastos Boubeta". Universidade de Santiago de Compostela.
2. "Café Viena #7 - Miguel Anxo Bastos". Instituto Juan de Mariana. 13 September 2017.
3. "Miguel Anxo Bastos". New Media - Universidad Francisco Marroquín.