Peter Calcagno Earned his B.S. in Economics and History from Hillsdale College and Ph.D. in Economics from Auburn University. He is currently a Professor of Economics at the College of Charleston, and Directs of the Center for Public Choice & Market Process, an undergraduate free market center. His primary areas of research are in applied microeconomics specifically public choice economics and political economy. The role of political institution on state fiscal policy, economic development and entrepreneurship. Dr. Calcagno is member of the Editorial Board of Journal of Entrepreneurship and Public Policy, is the Treasurer of the Public Choice Society, a Voting Member of American Institute for Economic Research, a Board Member of the Classical Liberals in the Carolinas, and has served on the board of the Association of Private Enterprise Education. He is the author of dozens of journal articles and book chapters, and the editor of Unleashing Capitalism: A Prescription for Economic Prosperity in South Carolina. Prior to CofC he taught at Wingate University, Jacksonville State University, and Georgia State University.
