Paul Theodore Heyne (November 2, 1931 – April 9, 2000) was an American

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and academic who lectured on

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at the

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. Heyne received two

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degrees from

Concordia Seminary Concordia Seminary is a Lutheran seminary in Clayton, Missouri. The institution's primary mission is to train pastors, deaconesses, missionaries, chaplains, and church leaders for the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (LCMS). Founded in 1839, t ...

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, took his master's degree at

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and his Ph.D. in ethics and society at the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

. He came to the UW in 1976 and reportedly turned down a tenured position to become a senior lecturer because of his interest in teaching undergraduates. Heyne promoted economics through his interests with religion, social issues, justice and

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economies. His best-known work was his critically acclaimed introductory

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''The Economic Way of Thinking'', which sold 200,000 copies in Russia alone and has been translated in Bulgarian, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian and other languages. Heyne was largely committed to undergraduate education. Heyne, a native of

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, died in

, aged 68.''U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007''

Selected bibliography

* 1976. Paul T. Heyne, Thomas Johnson. Toward Economic Understanding. . Science Research Associates. *2000. Paul Heyne A Student's Guide to Economics: Volume 3 of ISI Guides to the Major Disciplines. .

Intercollegiate Studies Institute The Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI) is a nonprofit educational organization that promotes conservative thought on college campuses. It was founded in 1953 by Frank Chodorov with William F. Buckley Jr. as its first president. It sponsors ...

. *2008. Paul T. Heyne,

Geoffrey Brennan Geoffrey Brennan (September 15, 1944–July 29, 2022) was an Australian philosopher. He was professor of philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, professor of political science at Duke University, and faculty member in the ...

, A. M. C. Waterman. "Are Economists Basically Immoral?": And Other Essays on Economics, Ethics, and Religion. .

Liberty Fund Liberty Fund, Inc. is an American private educational foundation headquartered in Carmel, founded by Pierre F. Goodrich. Through publishing, conferences, and educational resources, the operating mandate of the Liberty Fund was set forth in an un ...

. *2013. Paul L. Heyne,

Peter J. Boettke Peter Joseph Boettke (; born January 3, 1960) is an American economist of the Austrian School. He is currently a professor of economics and philosophy at George Mason University; the BB&T Professor for the Study of Capitalism, vice president for ...

, David L. Prychitko.The Economic Way of Thinking: Pearson New International Edition. . Pearson Education.

References

External links

* Audio of final public lecture
"The Moral Critics of Capitalism" "In Memoriam: Paul Heyne, 1931–2000":
1931 births 2000 deaths 20th-century American economists Washington University in St. Louis alumni University of Chicago alumni University of Washington faculty People from St. Louis Economists from Missouri Concordia Seminary alumni {{US-economist-stub