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

Political Economy Political economy is the study of how Macroeconomics, economic systems (e.g. Marketplace, markets and Economy, national economies) and Politics, political systems (e.g. law, Institution, institutions, government) are linked. Widely studied ph ...

and

Public Policy Public policy is an institutionalized proposal or a decided set of elements like laws, regulations, guidelines, and actions to solve or address relevant and real-world problems, guided by a conception and often implemented by programs. Public p ...

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

Early life

Pennington received a PhD from the

London School of Economics , mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 millio ...

. 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 published by Springer Science+Business Media. It was established by Murray Rothbard, who edited ten volumes between 1987 and 1997. After his death, Walter Block, Hans-Hermann ...

''. 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 189923 March 1992), often referred to by his initials F. A. Hayek, was an Austrian–British economist, legal theorist and philosopher who is best known for his defense of classical liberalism. Haye ...

, 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 right-wing pressure group and think tank registered as a UK charity Associated with the New Right, the IEA describes itself as an "educational research institute", and says that it seeks to "further t ...

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