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Adam Martin

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Adam Martin

  • Lecturer in Political Economy, King's College London

Adam Martin is a Lecturer in Political Economy at King's College London. His research interests include Austrian economics, economic methodology, economic development, and public choice. After receiving his Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2009, he was a post-doctoral fellow at the Development Research Institute at New York University. He has also been a visitor at the Center for the History of Political Economy at Duke and the Social Ontology Group at Cambridge. Adam is a co-founder of the Carl Menger Undergraduate Essay Contest run by the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. More information about him and about the contest can be found at his personal website, adamgmartin.com.

Published Research

Heterogeneity, Voting, and Public Policy

Adam Martin, Richard Wagner | Jul 2009
By distinguishing between surface- and deep-level heterogeneity, this paper explores how heterogeneity among voters might be incorporated into a theory of political economy.

Creating Realism and the Austrian Paradox

Adam Martin | Jul 2009
Austrian economics provokes mixed reactions among critical realists. It preaches methodological individualism, marginalism, and rational choice while embracing emergence, open processes, and error.

Working Papers

Error is Obvious, Coordination is the Puzzle

Peter J. Boettke, Adam Martin, W. Zachary Caceres | Feb 14, 2012
Behavioral economics has made its mark by bringing under intense scrutiny the limitations of individuals’ cognitive abilities. The conclusions of such inquiries call into question results from standard economic modeling dependent on assumptions of strong epistemic rationality. Most conspicuously, behavioral economists have introduced a host of new potential causes for market failures. F. A. Hayek likewise famously questioned the cognitive abilities of real world actors, but drew radically different conclusions.

Amateur Public Choice and Regime Uncertainty in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Adam Martin | Apr 2008
This paper argues that government involvement in the rebuilding process, far from alleviating the problems of uncertainty, exacerbates them.  In order for government policy to be effective in this…

Amateur Public Choice and Regime Uncertainty in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Adam Martin | Apr 2007

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