Conservative Institute of M. R. Štefánik
with the support of general partner
Tatra banka Foundation
in partnership with
Technical University in Košice
Faculty of Economics - Technical University in Košice
organized in Bratislava on May 13, 2013 and in Košice on May 14, 2013 another lecture within
Conservative Economic Quarterly Lecture Series /CEQLS/:
Privatization of Money
Lecture given by:
George A. Selgin
Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia (USA)
Hosted by:
Peter Gonda, the Conservative Institute Director
George Selgin: CEQLS Lecture for the Conservative Institute, Bratislava, May 13, 2013
George Selgin: CEQLS Lecture for the Conservative Institute, Bratislava, May 13, 2013
George A. Selgin is Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia (CV is available here), a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, and an associate editor at Econ Journal Watch. His areas of expertise are monetary economics, macroeconomics, and economic history.
Published books:
· Good Money: Birmingham Button-Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage (2008)
· Less than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy (1997)
· The Theory of Free Banking (1988)
Professor Selgin is the author of numerous scholarly articles for academic journals including the Journal of Economic History, the Economic Journal, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and the Journal of Economic Literature.
Articles /selected/:
· Don’t Blame the Depression on the Gold Standard — But Don’t Expect It Back Either(2012)
· Has the Fed Been a Failure? (2010)
· Central Banks as Sources of Financial Instability (2010)
· A Plea for (Mild) Deflation (1999)
· Legal restrictions, financial weakening, and the lender of last resort(1989)
Sound Money Project Interview Series: George Selgin
George Selgin: The Private Supply of Money | 2009
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