After detailing the critical economic policy issues that the US economy faces, Peter Boettke discussed the top candidates and whether their proposals address the problems or are merely rhetorical maneuverings to evade the problem and the appeal to populist sentiments.

Peter Boettke (born 1960, Rahway, New Jersey) is an American economist of the Austrian School. He is a University Professor of Economics and Philosophy at George Mason University and BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism. He is the Vice President for Research, and Director of the F.A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics of the Mercatus Center at GMU.

Discussants:

Ivan Krastev
Permanent Fellow, IWM; Chairman of the Centre for Liberal Strategies, Sofia

Christoph Prantner
Senior Editor Opinion Pages, Der Standard

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