Learn and Remember This Name --- Will Luther

|Peter Boettke|

One of the great joys of teaching at GMU is the constant flow of interesting students that walk through our halls.  Some of these graduates have moved on to teach at U Conn, UVA, U of Penn, Carnegie Mellon, UC Santa Cruz, Suffolk, WVU, U of Chicago, and of course right here at GMU. Others are teaching overseas and still more are teaching at colleges and state universities -- many of these individuals are starting their own research and educational centers at their home institution.  And, of course, many do not go into academia, but instead head into a variety of occupations from "think-tanks" to foundations to the private sector.  I am always amazed at the creativity and energy of GMU students --- they love economics as a discipline, and they love the art of doing economics and political economy.

This student culture is something that David Colander and Arjo Klamer recognized when they visited GMU while they were doing their study The Making of an Economist back in the 1980s, and it is something that visitors repeatedly stress when they meet our students even to this day.  Our students stand out for their enthusiasm for the economic way of thinking, and for their interdisciplinary interests.

One of those students is Will Luther, who is currently my research assistant.  Will went to undergraduate school at Capital University where he studied with Bob Lawson.  Since coming to GMU, Will has had an outstanding student career and he has also proven to be a great TA, an insightful blogger, and valued research collaborator and co-author.

Last weekend, Will attended the Austrian Scholars Conference and presented his work dealing with the money supply in the 1920s and the Great Depression.  For this work Will was awarded with one of the prizes.

Congratulations Will.

Comments

[Liya P]

Congrats, Will!

[Ivo Sarjanovic]

Learn and Remeber This name Too:

Nicolas Cachanosky, the 2nd guy from the left in the same photo.

Nicolas has very interesting papers about Mises on Inflation and Mises and Fractional Reserves.

And we was also awarded a prize at the ASC in Groove City for his paper about Mises and Coase.

[Eduardo Angeli]

He is a great mind and an insightful economist. Congratulations, Will!

[Steve Horwitz]

I want to second Ivo's praise for Nic Cachanosky's work. You can read one of his essays on Mises' definition of inflation here:

http://libertarianpapers.org/2009/43-cachanosky-definition-of-inflation-according-to-mises/

[Adrián Ravier]

Congratulations for the winners! They are the future of Austrian Economics!

Just let you know that Nicolas also won the last Vernon Smith Prize from ECAEF.

http://www.ecaef.li/index.php?catID=426&navID=341&GOTO=1

[Josh]

Not bad for a cousin of the Austrian School;-)

[Will Luther]

Thanks for the kind words, Pete.
Congrats also to Nicolas Cachanosky and Per Bylund.

[Peter G. Klein]

Since we're in braggin' mode I'll just mention that my student Per Bylund (the tall guy in the middle) was the third winner, for an interesting and insightful paper on the political economy of firm boundaries.

[Ben Powell]

I'm a little late picking up on this thread but thought I'd chime in anyway. I delivered the Hans Sennholz memorial lecture on Friday night to open the conference. I stayed for the sessions the next day and saw a number of the student presentations and was quite impressed. Jeff Herbener does a great job putting the conference together and I encourage students to participate in the event in the future.

And also, since we are in bragging mode, Nicolas Cachanosky happens to be a Ph.D. student here at Suffolk and my TA. This is the second year in a row that a Suffolk student has won an award at the conference. I expect to send more students of this caliber to the conference again next year.

Congrats to all of this year's winners and participants.