J. Patrick Gunning received an economics Ph. D. from Virginia Tech in 1974, majoring in Public Finance and Public Choice. His mentors were Gordon Tullock and Nobel prize winner James Buchanan. At that time, Public Choice was a subject pursued by only a handful of U.S. economists and political scientists. Gunning’s 15-year career as a teacher in the U. S. included stints at Penn State, American University, the University of Delaware, and Ohio University. In 1988, he left the U. S. and spent ten of the next 17 years abroad, mostly in Taiwan. He returned to the U.S. in 2006 and is now visiting professor at the Coast Guard Academy.

Professor Gunning has published papers in the fields of history of economic thought, Austrian economics, entrepreneurship, and public choice. He has published two books on Ludwig von Mises.

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