Jesús Huerta de Soto
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Jesús Huerta de Soto Ballester (born 23 December 1956, in Madrid
) is a leading Austrian School
economist and Professor of Political Economy
at Rey Juan Carlos University
of Madrid, Spain
. He received doctoral degrees in Law (1984) and Economic and Business Sciences (1992), both from Complutense University of Madrid
, and an MBA from Stanford University
. He has been a Professor of Political Economy at Complutense University of Madrid's Law School since 1979. In 1983, Huerta de Soto received the extraordinary Rey Juan Carlos Award in Economics, in 2005 the CNE
's Adam Smith Award for lifetime achievement and in 2009 he was awarded a honorary degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin
.
Huerta de Soto is also an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute
, a member of Mont Pelerin Society
's Board of Directors, of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Council of the Foundation IMDEA Social Sciencies, and of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics' editorial board and director of the publication "Procesos de mercado: Revista Europea de Economía Política".
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
) is a leading Austrian School
Austrian School
The Austrian School of economics is a heterodox school of economic thought. It advocates methodological individualism in interpreting economic developments , the theory that money is non-neutral, the theory that the capital structure of economies consists of heterogeneous goods that have...
economist and Professor of Political Economy
Political economy
Political economy originally was the term for studying production, buying, and selling, and their relations with law, custom, and government, as well as with the distribution of national income and wealth, including through the budget process. Political economy originated in moral philosophy...
at Rey Juan Carlos University
Rey Juan Carlos University
King Juan Carlos University is a public university located in Móstoles , and distributed into four campus: Madrid, Móstoles, Alcorcón and Fuenlabrada.It's named after king Juan Carlos I of Spain...
of Madrid, Spain
Spain
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. He received doctoral degrees in Law (1984) and Economic and Business Sciences (1992), both from Complutense University of Madrid
Complutense University of Madrid
The Complutense University of Madrid is a university in Madrid, and one of the oldest universities in the world. It is located on a sprawling campus that occupies the entirety of the Ciudad Universitaria district of Madrid, with annexes in the district of Somosaguas in the neighboring city of...
, and an MBA from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. He has been a Professor of Political Economy at Complutense University of Madrid's Law School since 1979. In 1983, Huerta de Soto received the extraordinary Rey Juan Carlos Award in Economics, in 2005 the CNE
Centre for the New Europe
The Centre for the New Europe was a free-market think tank based in Brussels, and focused on EU issues such as economic growth, managing environmental change, health and welfare policy, competition policy, and innovation...
's Adam Smith Award for lifetime achievement and in 2009 he was awarded a honorary degree from Universidad Francisco Marroquin
Universidad Francisco Marroquín
Universidad Francisco Marroquín is a private, secular, university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the school's website, "the mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a sociey of free and responsible persons."...
.
Huerta de Soto is also an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute
Ludwig von Mises Institute
The Ludwig von Mises Institute , based in Auburn, Alabama, is a libertarian academic organization engaged in research and scholarship in the fields of economics, philosophy and political economy. Its scholarship is inspired by the work of Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises...
, a member of Mont Pelerin Society
Mont Pelerin Society
The Mont Pelerin Society is an international organization composed of economists , philosophers, historians, intellectuals, business leaders, and others who favour classical liberalism...
's Board of Directors, of the Board of Trustees and the Scientific Council of the Foundation IMDEA Social Sciencies, and of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics' editorial board and director of the publication "Procesos de mercado: Revista Europea de Economía Política".
Books
- Planes de pensiones privados ("Private Pension Benefits")
- Lecturas de economía política ("Readings in Political Economy"), Huerta de Soto, ed.
- Socialismo, cálculo económico y función empresarial ("Socialism, Economic Calculation, and Entrepreneurship")
- Estudios de economía política ("Studies in Political Economy")
- Dinero, Crédito Bancario y Ciclos Económicos (Madrid: Unión Editorial, first Spanish edition 1998).
- Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles, translated by Melinda A. Stroup (Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises InstituteLudwig von Mises InstituteThe Ludwig von Mises Institute , based in Auburn, Alabama, is a libertarian academic organization engaged in research and scholarship in the fields of economics, philosophy and political economy. Its scholarship is inspired by the work of Austrian School economist Ludwig von Mises...
, first English edition 2006), xxix+876 pages, ISBN 0-945466-39-4. Also available as a PDF file. - La escuela austríaca: mercado y creatividad empresarial ("The Austrian School: Market Process and Entrepreneurial Creativity")
- Nuevos estudios de economía política ("New Studies in Political Economy")
- The theory of dynamic efficiency
External links
- https://www.ufm.edu/cms/es/honorary-doctoral-degreesHonorary Doctoral Degrees, Universidad Francisco MarroquínUniversidad Francisco MarroquínUniversidad Francisco Marroquín is a private, secular, university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the school's website, "the mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a sociey of free and responsible persons."...
] - Huerta de Soto's website
- Money, Bank Credit, and Economic Cycles (pdf)
- An Interview with Jesús Huerta de Soto in The Austrian Economics Newsletter. (Summer 1997; Volume 17, Number 2.)
- http://newmedia.ufm.edu/gsm/index.php/Listados:Jes%C3%BAs_Huerta_de_SotoAudiovisual Media, NewMedia Universidad Francisco MarroquínUniversidad Francisco MarroquínUniversidad Francisco Marroquín is a private, secular, university in Guatemala City, Guatemala. According to the school's website, "the mission of Universidad Francisco Marroquín is to teach and disseminate the ethical, legal and economic principles of a sociey of free and responsible persons."...
] - Financial Crisis and Economic Recession
- Lecciones de Economía en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos de Madrid
- Huerta de Soto interviewed by GoldMoney Foundation