Dr. Ivan Pongracic Jr. is an associate professor of economics at Hillsdale College, where he holds the William E. Hibbs/Ludwig von Mises Chair in Economics and where he has been teaching since 2000. He earned his PhD in 2004 from George Mason University.  He also holds a BS degree in aerospace engineering from Purdue University.  Prior to coming to Hillsdale he taught at Indiana Wesleyan University and George Mason University.  Dr. Pongracic has also worked for and been involved in various ways with the Foundation for Economic Education, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Young America’s Foundation.  His first book, “Employees and Entrepreneurship: Spontaneity and Co-ordination in Non-hierarchical Business Organization,” came out in the Spring of 2009, published by Edward Elgar.