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Peter G. Klein

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Peter G. Klein is Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of Entrepreneurship at Baylor University’s Hankamer School of Business. He is also Senior Research Fellow at Baylor's Baugh Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise and Adjunct Professor of Strategy and Management at the Norwegian School of Economics. His research focuses on the economics of entrepreneurship and business organization, with applications to innovation, regulation, and economic growth. Klein has authored or edited five books and has published over 75 academic articles, chapters, and reviews. See here for his website at Baylor University.

He taught previously at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of Georgia, the Copenhagen Business School, and the University of Missouri, and served as a Senior Economist with the Council of Economic Advisers. He is also a former Associate Editor of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek. He is an Associate Editor for two academic journals and on the Editorial Board of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and several other publications. He lectures regularly at the Mises University, Rothbard Graduate Seminar, and other Mises Institute events.

Klein received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of California, Berkeley and his B.A. from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He co-founded the popular management blog Organizations and Markets.

Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment

The EntrepreneurU.S. HistoryEntrepreneurshipInterventionismProduction Theory

01/11/2016Books
Foss and Klein recognize entrepreneurship as judgmental decision making under uncertainty. They show how judgement is the driving force of the market economy and that to understand the performance of a firm, its managers, and organization, the acumen of entrepreneurs and managers must be analyzed...
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The Capitalist and the Entrepreneur: Essays on Organizations and Markets

The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

05/05/2010Books
Klein rehabilitates and expands the classical concept of the entrepreneur as a judgmental decision-maker, linking the capitalist-investor and the entrepreneur-promoter.
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Dr. Peter Klein on the Disconnect in Labor Markets

The EntrepreneurLabor and Wages

01/13/2023Mises Media
Dr. Peter Klein joins Jeff and Bob to explain the huge disconnect between supply and demand for labor in post-COVID America.
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The Legacy of Murray Rothbard

History of the Austrian School of Economics

10/22/2022Mises Media
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
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Austrian Economics Makes Managers Better

The EntrepreneurLabor and Wages

10/14/2022Mises Media
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7, 2022.
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Peter Klein: Why Managers Still Matter

The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

10/04/2022Mises Media
Hunter Hastings and Peter Klein discuss the key points of entrepreneurial management.
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