George Selgin

George Selgin
Selgin speaks at the Ron Paul Fed Lecture Series in 2019
Born	1957 (age 66–67)
Nationality	American
Academic career
Institution	The Cato Institute
Field	Macroeconomics, monetary theory, banking theory, and monetary history
School or tradition	Free banking formerly Austrian school (does not self-identify with any school)
Alma mater	New York University (PhD) 1986 Drew University (B.A.) 1979
Influences	Friedman, Hayek, David Laidler, White, Wicksell, Leland Yeager
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George Selgin (/ˈsɛldʒɪn/; born February 15, 1957) is an American economist. He is Senior Fellow and Director Emeritus of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, where he is editor-in-chief of the center's blog, Alt-M,^[1] Professor Emeritus of economics at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, and an associate editor of Econ Journal Watch.^[2] Selgin formerly taught at George Mason University, the University of Hong Kong, and West Virginia University.