Mark Pennington is a British political scientist and economist. He serves as a Professor of

Political Economy Political or comparative economy is a branch of political science and economics studying economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and national economies) and their governance by political systems (e.g. law, institutions, and government). Wi ...

and

Public Policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a Group decision-making, decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to Problem solving, solve or address relevant and problematic social issues, guided by a conceptio ...

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public university, public research university in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of George IV of the United Kingdom, King George IV ...

Early life

Pennington received a PhD from the

London School of Economics The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), established in 1895, is a public research university in London, England, and a member institution of the University of London. The school specialises in the social sciences. Founded ...

. His thesis, dated 1998, was title
Property rights, public choice and urban containment: A study of the British planning system

Career

He is a Professor of Political Economy at King's College London. He is a co-editor of ''

The Review of Austrian Economics ''The Review of Austrian Economics'' is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering heterodox economics published by Springer Science+Business Media. It was established by Murray Rothbard, who edited ten volumes between 1987 and 1997. After Rothbard ...

''. His work engages critics of the classical liberal and libertarian traditions and includes contributions on public choice theory,

Friedrich Hayek Friedrich August von Hayek (8 May 1899 – 23 March 1992) was an Austrian-born British academic and philosopher. He is known for his contributions to political economy, political philosophy and intellectual history. Hayek shared the 1974 Nobe ...

, urban planning, environmental governance and the theory of democratic deliberation. He served on the board of trustees of the

Institute of Economic Affairs The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) is a British right-wing free market think tank, which is registered as a charity. Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to ...

between 2008 and November 2018. He is currently Director of the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's College Londonhttps://csgs.kcl.ac.uk/

Works

*''Public Choice and the Politics of Government Failure'' (Athlone/ Continuum: 2000). *''Liberating the Land'' (IEA: 2002). *''Robust Political Economy'' (Edward Elgar: 2010).

References

External links

Faculty webpage at King's College
Living people Alumni of the London School of Economics Academics of King's College London British political scientists British economists Year of birth missing (living people) {{England-economist-stub