Ross B. Emmett
Professor of Economic Thought
Director, Center for the Study of Economic Liberty
Arizona State University
curriculum vitae
CPToleration in a Free Society
From The State News
Professor Emmett's teaching deals primarily with the central questions of comparative economic governance: why do some nations fail when others succeed? And what is the relationship between basic economic institutions and their legal, cultural and political contexts? His research concerns both the history of how modern societies have answered those questions, and how today’s answers affect liberty, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Research Interests:
History of economic thought, especially the work of Frank H. Knight and the Chicago School of Economics; classical political economy, especially the work of Adam Smith and T. Robert Malthus; constitutional political economy; the history of the relation of economics and religion; history of interdisciplinary social science; and the political economy of innovation.
Teaching Interests:
History of economic thought; the intersection of the histories of economic and political thought; constitutional political economy; economic history; economic governance; and the political economy of innovation.
Contact Information
CPComm 490B
Arizona State University
PO Box 879801
Tempe, AZ 85287-9801
Email: Ross.Emmett at asu.edu | Tel: 480-727-3695
From The State News
Professor Emmett's teaching deals primarily with the central questions of comparative economic governance: why do some nations fail when others succeed? And what is the relationship between basic economic institutions and their legal, cultural and political contexts? His research concerns both the history of how modern societies have answered those questions, and how today’s answers affect liberty, innovation and entrepreneurship.
Research Interests:
History of economic thought, especially the work of Frank H. Knight and the Chicago School of Economics; classical political economy, especially the work of Adam Smith and T. Robert Malthus; constitutional political economy; the history of the relation of economics and religion; history of interdisciplinary social science; and the political economy of innovation.
Teaching Interests:
History of economic thought; the intersection of the histories of economic and political thought; constitutional political economy; economic history; economic governance; and the political economy of innovation.
Contact Information
CPComm 490B
Arizona State University
PO Box 879801
Tempe, AZ 85287-9801
Email: Ross.Emmett at asu.edu | Tel: 480-727-3695
Image used on my pages: Benjamin Vautier, Jahrmarkt (1881, public domain)