Randall G. Holcombe

{{Infobox economist

| school_tradition = Austrian School

| name = Randall G. Holcombe

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1950|06|04}}

| birth_place = United States

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| field = Economics, Austrian School, public choice, Constitutional economics, public policy, entrepreneurship

| institution = Florida State University

| alma_mater = Virginia Tech, University of Florida

| contributions = Public choice theory

| influences = James M. Buchanan, Murray Rothbard

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Randall Gregory Holcombe (born June 4, 1950) is an American economist, and the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.Florida State University, [http://www.coss.fsu.edu/economics/people/faculty Economics Department faculty listing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719203811/http://www.coss.fsu.edu/economics/people/faculty |date=2011-07-19 }}. Retrieved 2011-02-01. He is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute,The Independent Institute, [http://www.independent.org/aboutus/person_detail.asp?id=528 Randall G. Holcombe]. Retrieved 2012-04-18. a Senior Fellow and member of the Research Advisory Council at The James Madison Institute,The James Madison Institute, [http://www.jamesmadison.org/about/research-advisory-council.html#randall_holcombe Research Advisory Council]. Retrieved 2012-04-18. and past president of the Public Choice Society.Florida State University, [http://www.coss.fsu.edu/economics/people/randall-g-holcombe Randall G. Holcombe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120419004836/http://www.coss.fsu.edu/economics/people/randall-g-holcombe |date=2012-04-19 }}. Retrieved 2012-04-18. From 2000 to 2006 he served on Governor Jeb Bush's Council of Economic Advisors.

Holcombe is the author of several books on economics and American politics. In libertarian theoretical discourse, he has argued that private defense agencies could form cartels and oppress people, more or less as governments, with little fear of competition.{{Cite journal |author=Holcombe |first=Randall G. |title=Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable |url=http://www.independent.org/pdf/tir/tir_08_3_1_holcombe.pdf |journal=The Independent Review |publication-date=Winter 2004 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=325–342}}

Holcombe is a musician and licensed pilot.Mises Economics Blog, [http://archive.mises.org/14612/faculty-spotlight-interview-randall-g-holcombe/]. Retrieved 2012-04-18.

Bibliography

{{cite book|editor1-last=Holcombe|editor1-first=Randall G.|title=The Great Austrian Economists|date=1999|publisher=Ludwig von Mises Institute|location=Auburn, Alabama|isbn=0945466048}}
Holcombe, Randall G. Political Capitalism: How Economic and Political Power is Made and Maintained. Cambridge University Press, 2018. {{ISBN|978-1-108-44990-8}}.
Holcombe, Randall G. Coordination, Cooperation, and Control: The Evolution of Economic and Political Power. Springer International Publishing, Cham 2020. {{ISBN|978-3-030-48666-2}}, {{doi|10.1007/978-3-030-48667-9}}.