George Selgin

The Cato Institute

Director, Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives

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Washington, DC 20001

United States

http://www.cato.org/centers/center-monetary-financial-alternatives

University of Georgia

Professor Emeritus

Athens, GA 30602-6254

United States

http://www.terry.uga.edu/~selgin/

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1.

Synthetic Commodity Money

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 06 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 21 Apr 2013
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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commodity money, fiat money, Bitcoin, Swiss dinar

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Mere Quibbles: Bagus and Howden's Critique of The Theory of Free Banking

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 02 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2011
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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free banking, fractional reserves, Austrian theory of the business cycle

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The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States

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The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 31 Aug 2012
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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gold standard, gold exchange standrad, bimetallism, Bretton Woods, U.S. dollar

The Rise and Fall of the Gold Standard in the United States

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 729
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 21 Jun 2013
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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gold standard, U.S. monetary policy, fiat currency, international monetary system

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Those Dishonest Goldsmiths

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 03 Apr 2011
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Goldsmiths, fractional reserves, bailments

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L Street: Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st-Century Money Market

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L Street: Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st-Century Money Market

Cato Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 31 May 2012
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Walter Bagehot, Lender of Last Resort, Open-Market Operations, Primary Dealers, Treasuries Only

L Street: Bagehotian Prescriptions for a 21st Century Money Market

Cato Journal, Vol. 32, No. 2, 2012
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 06 Apr 2013
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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preventing a financial crisis, central banking systems, operating framework, lender of last resort, Federal Reserve Bank, US monetary policy, fiscal policy in the United States

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Fatalistically Flawed: A Review Essay on Fragile by Design, by Charles W. Calomiris and Stephen H. Haber

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 04 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2015
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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banking crises, fractional reserve banking, free banking, central banks, currency monopoly, branch banking, deposit insurance

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Law, Legislation, and the Gold Standard

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 17 Nov 2014 Last Revised: 18 Dec 2014
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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gold standard, common law, Hayek

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The Productivity Gap: Monetary Policy, the Subprime Boom, and the Post-2001 Productivity Surge

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 01 Dec 2011 Last Revised: 26 Feb 2015
George Selgin, David Beckworth and Berrak Buyukkarabacak
The Cato Institute, Mercatus Center at George Mason University and Ozyegin University
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Productivity, neutral interest rate, output gap, business cycle, Taylor Rule, subprime boom

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Strong Steam, Weak Patents, or, the Myth of Watt’s Innovation-Blocking Monopoly, Exploded

Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 54, November 2011
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 14 Apr 2010 Last Revised: 17 Jan 2015
George Selgin and John L. Turner
The Cato Institute and University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics
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Steam engines, James Watt, intellectul monopoly, patents

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Banknotes and Economic Growth

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Banknotes and Economic Growth

Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Vol. 59, Issue 4, pp. 390-418, 2012
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 03 Aug 2012
William D. Lastrapes and George Selgin
University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and The Cato Institute
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Operation Twist-the-Truth: How the Federal Reserve Misrepresents Its History and Performance

Cato Journal, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 05 Mar 2014
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Federal Reserve, Propaganda, Reputation

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New York's Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of the Fed

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New York's Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of the Fed

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Jan 2016
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Federal Reserve System, National Monetary Commission, Nelson Aldrich, Asset Currency, Central Banking, Monetary Reform

New York's Bank: The National Monetary Commission and the Founding of the Fed

Cato Institute Policy Analysis No. 793
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 05 Sep 2016
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Aldrich Plan, National Monetary Commission, New York's Bank, Finance, Federal Reserve

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Incredible Commitments: Why the EMU is Destroying Both Europe and Itself

Cato Journal, Vol. 33, No. 1, 2013
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 29 Mar 2013
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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EU monetary union, Euro currency, European economy, eurozone, EU crisis

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Has the Fed Been a Failure?

Cato Institute Working Paper
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 09 Mar 2013
George Selgin, William D. Lastrapes and Lawrence H. White
The Cato Institute, University of Georgia - C. Herman and Mary Virginia Terry College of Business - Department of Economics and George Mason University - Department of Economics
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U.S. financial policy, American economic policy, Federal Reserve Bank, Federal Reserve System, 2008 financial crisis, 2008 economic crisis, United States monetary policy, federal reserve, inflation, expansionary monetary policy

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The Futility of Central Banking

Cato Journal, Vol. 30, No. 3, 2010
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 Apr 2013
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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discretionary central banking, rules of monetary policy, preventing financial crises, asset bubbles, federal reserve policies

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Reforming Last-Resort Lending: The Flexible Open Market Alternative

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Jan 2017
George Selgin
The Cato Institute
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Open-Market Operations, Emergency Lending, Last-Resort Lending, Discount Window, Product-Mix Auctions; Primary Dealers