Randall Gregory Holcombe (born June 4, 1950) is an American economist, and the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University.
[1] He is a Senior Fellow at The Independent Institute,[2] a Senior Fellow and member of the Research Advisory Council at The James Madison Institute,[3] and past president of the Public Choice Society.
[4] From 2000 to 2006 he served on Governor Jeb Bush's Council of Economic Advisors.
[4] Holcombe is the author of several books on economics and American politics.
[2] In libertarian theoretical discourse, he has argued that private defense agencies could form cartels and oppress people, more or less as governments, with little fear of competition.