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Samuel Peterson

Samuel Peterson is a student at Grove City College majoring in economics. Samuel is an inaugural Mises Apprentice, a Don Lavoie Fellow with the Mercatus Center, and a Summer 2023 Policy Intern at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Samuel is a an accomplished writer and he has received numerous awards for his writing, including first place in the John Stossel Essay Contest, Mises Institute America’s Great Depression Essay Contest, and the Sound Money Defense League Essay Contest. Samuel’s writings have been published in the Mises Institute’s The Austrian, Power and Market, and the Mises Wire, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), and Liberty Fund’s EconLog. Samuel’s academic writings are forthcoming in the Grove City College Journal of Law and Public Policy and the Independent Review. Samuel plans to attend graduate school to earn a Ph.D. in economics. His research interests lie at the intersection of Austrian Economics, Public Choice, Economic History, Monetary Theory, Law and Economics, and Institutional Economics. Samuel also served the moderator for the 2021 SoHo Forum debate between Ben Burgis and Gene Epstein.

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Family Flourishing and State Denigration

Big GovernmentInflationPaternalismProgressivism

09/08/2023Mises Media
As family life descends into crisis in the USA, many conservatives call for state intervention to "fix" things. It's state intervention that created the problems in the first place.
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Family Flourishing and State Denigration

Big GovernmentInflationPaternalismProgressivism

Blog08/15/2023

As family life descends into crisis in the USA, many conservatives call for state intervention to "fix" things. It's state intervention that created the problems in the first place.

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Oppenheimer: Historical Drama, Subversive Horror

07/21/2023Power & Market
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Murray Rothbard’s America’s Great Depression and Its Importance Today

Book ReviewsBooms and BustsAustrian Economics Overview

Blog03/14/2023

Rothbard’s America’s Great Depression is the essential book to read for those wanting to understand the economic issues we face today.

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The Goldback: An Alt-Currency That Combines Sound Money with Modern Technology

05/17/2022Power & Market
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