[1] His thesis was entitled Rivalry and central planning: a re-examination of the debate over economic calculation under socialism.
[2] Don Lavoie joined the faculty of the economics department of George Mason University as an assistant professor in 1981.
He showed the fundamental nature of social learning processes, whether in market exchanges, in verbal conversations, or in hypertext-based dialogue.
[5] His effort drew criticism from several members of the Austrian School associated with the Mises Institute, especially Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
[citation needed] Among his students, there are a number of "contemporary Austrian" economists: Peter Boettke, David Prychitko, Steven Horwitz, Thomas Rustici, Mark Gilbert, Ralph Rector, Emily Chamlee-Wright, Howie Baetjer and Virgil Storr.