Texas Tech University

Adam Martin

Political Economy Research Fellow

Adam Martin, Political Economy Research Fellow

Adam Martin is Political Economy Research Fellow at the Free Market Institute and an associate professor of agricultural and applied economics in the Gordon W. Davis College of Agricultural Sciences & Natural Resources.

Adam's research interests focus on the intersection of philosophy, politics and economics and include Austrian economics, economic methodology, economic development, and public choice. He is the co-editor of several books and symposiums and has authored several articles in peer-reviewed scholarly journals including Journal of Economic Methodology, Public Choice, Social Philosophy and Policy, and The Independent Review.

Adam teaches undergraduate courses in Economics, Ecology, and Ethics and The Economics of the American West, and a graduate course in Institutional Analysis.

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Education

George Mason University
Ph.D., Economics, 2009
M.A., Economics, 2007

University of Dallas
B.A., Economics and Theology, 2004

Academic Positions

Texas Tech University
Associate Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2019-
Political Economy Research Fellow, Free Market Institute, 2014-
Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2014-2019

King's College London
Lecturer of Political Economy, 2012-2014

New York University
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Development Research Institute, 2009-2011

Duke University
Visiting Fellow, Center for the History of Political Economy, 2009

Other Professional Positions

Phi Beta Kappa Lambda
Secretary, Texas Chapter, 2023-

Independent Institute
Research Fellow, 2023-

American Institute for Economic Research
Fellow, Public Choice and Public Policy Project, 2021-

Social Theory and Practice
Editorial Advisory Board Member, 2021-

Advances in Austrian Economics
Co-Editor, 2017-

The Fund for American Studies
Affiliated Faculty, 2011-

Society for the Development of Austrian Economics
Vice President, 2017-
Carl Menger Prize Committee Member, 2010-
Executive Committee Member, 2014-2016

Edited Volumes and Symposiums

Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics

Contemporary Methods and Austrian Economics: Volume 26
Daniel D'Amico and Adam Martin, Eds.
Advances in Austrian Economics
Emerald Publishing, 2022

Journal of Institutional Economics

Symposium on Institutional Analysis, Market Processes, and Interdisciplinary Social Science
Daniel D'Amico and Adam Martin, Guest Editors
Journal of Institutional Economics
Cambridge University Press, 2022

Philosophy, Politics, and Austrian Economics

Philosophy, Politics, and Austrian Economics: Volume 25
Daniel D'Amico and Adam Martin, Eds.
Advances in Austrian Economics
Emerald Publishing, 2020

Exploring the Social and Political Economy of Alexis de Tocqueville

Exploring the Social and Political Economy of Alexis de Tocqueville
Peter Boettke and Adam Martin, Eds.
Mercatus Studies in Political and Social Economy
Springer Nature, 2020

Assessing Austrian Economics

Assessing Austrian Economics: Volume 24
Daniel D'Amico and Adam Martin, Eds.
Advances in Austrian Economics
Emerald Publishing, 2019

Scholarly Journal Publications

2022

Proportionality-Preserving Polycentricity
Public Affairs Quarterly (with Daniel D'Amico)

2020

You Can Take Hayek Out of Vienna…
Cosmos+Taxis: Studies in Emergent Order and Organization

The Subjectivist-Contrarian Position
Public Choice

2019

The Mantle of Justice
The Independent Review

Beyond Market Failure and Government Failure
Public Choice (with Glenn Furton)

Poverty Alleviation as an Economic Problem
Cambridge Journal of Economics (with Matias Petersen)

2018

The Limits of Liberalism: Good Boundaries Must be Discovered
The Review of Austrian Economics

2017

The New Egalitarianism
The Independent Review

2016

The Substance of Entrepreneurship and the Entrepreneurship of Substances
Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy (with Raymond March and Audrey Redford)

Regime Uncertainty and the Great Recession: A Market Process Perspective
The Independent Review

2015

Degenerate Cosmopolitanism
Social Philosophy and Policy

Contact

Email: adam.martin@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-1650
Office: Administration 166B
Agricultural Sciences 204-B

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