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Randall G. Holcombe
Randall G. Holcombe
Born	June 4, 1950 (age 74); United States
Academic career
Field	Economics, Austrian School, public choice, Constitutional economics, public policy, entrepreneurship
Institution	Florida State University
School or; tradition	Austrian School
Alma mater	Virginia Tech, University of Florida
Influences	James M. Buchanan, Murray Rothbard
Contributions	Public choice theory
	Information at IDEAS / RePEc

Randall Gregory Holcombe (born June 4, 1950) is an American economist, and the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.^[1] He is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute,^[2] a Senior Fellow and member of the Research Advisory Council at The James Madison Institute,^[3] and past president of the Public Choice Society.^[4] From 2000 to 2006 he served on Governor Jeb Bush's Council of Economic Advisors.^[4]

Holcombe is the author of several books on economics and American politics.^[2] In libertarian theoretical discourse, he has argued that private defense agencies could form cartels and oppress people, more or less as governments, with little fear of competition.^[5]

Holcombe is a musician and licensed pilot.^[6]

Bibliography

Holcombe, Randall G., ed. (1999). The Great Austrian Economists. Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute. ISBN 0945466048.
Holcombe, Randall G. Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power is Made and Maintained. Cambridge University Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1-108-44990-8.
Holcombe, Randall G. Coordination, Cooperation, and Control: The Evolution of Economic and Political Power. Springer International Publishing, Cham 2020. ISBN 978-3-030-48666-2, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-48667-9.

^ Florida State University, Economics Department faculty listing Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2011-02-01.
^ ^a ^b The Independent Institute, Randall G. Holcombe. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
^ The James Madison Institute, Research Advisory Council. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
^ ^a ^b Florida State University, Randall G. Holcombe Archived 2012-04-19 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-04-18.
^ Holcombe, Randall G. (Winter 2004). "Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable" (PDF). The Independent Review. 8 (3): 325–342.
^ Mises Economics Blog, [1]. Retrieved 2012-04-18.