Bruce L. Benson

Bruce L. Benson is a Professor Emeritus in Economics at Florida State University. Prior to retiring he served as DeVoe Moore Professor and Distinguished Research Professor in Economics at FSU. Other positions include Fulbright Senior Specialist in Law and Economics to the Czech Republic (2003-04), Visiting Professor at the University de Paris Pantheon Assas (2004), a Property-and- Environment-Research- Center Julian Simon Fellow (2004-05), a Visiting Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research (2008), a Templeton Visiting Scholar in the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University (2016), and Economics Department Chair at FSU (2006-2012), and currently is serving as a Research Professor at Appalachian State University. Professor Benson has published over 140 academic journal articles, over 65 chapters in edited volumes, and 4 books, and co-edit three other books. His awards and recognitions include the best article awards from the Southern Economic Journal (1989) and the Journal of Private Enterprise (1999), an FSU Distinguished Research Professor Award (1993), the 2000 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award for his book, To Serve and Protect, the Association of Private Enterprise Education’s Distinguished Scholar Award (2001), the Liberty in Theory 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Libertarian Alliance in London, a Freedoms Foundation Leavey Award for Excellence in Private Enterprise Education (2004) and the 2006 Adam Smith Award: “the highest honor bestowed by The Association of Private Enterprise Education…. The recipient … must be an individual who has acquired an international reputation as an eloquent scholar and advocate of free enterprise…”