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Joseph T. Salerno

Academic Vice President

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Works Published inQuarterly Journal of Austrian EconomicsThe Free MarketReview of Austrian Economics, Volumes 1-10Austrian Economics NewsletterArticles of InterestThe AustrianSpeeches and PresentationsMises Daily ArticleThe Journal of Libertarian Studies

Joseph T. Salerno received his PhD in economics from Rutgers University. He is professor emeritus of economics in the Lubin School of Business of Pace University in New York City. He is the editor of the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics and the Academic Vice President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute where he serves on the Board of Directors. Professor Salerno also held the inaugural Peterson-Luddy Chair in Austrian Economics at the Mises Institute and the inaugural John V. Denson II Endowed Professorship in the economics department at Auburn University.

Professor Salerno is a research associate of the Foundations of the Market Economy in the economics department at New York University (1991-2018) and is on the Board of Editors of five academic journals. Salerno has published over 70 articles and essays in refereed journals and scholarly books. His latest book is The Austrian School of Economics in the 21st Century: Evolution and Impact (Springer 2022) coedited with Annette Godart-van der Kroon. He is the author of Money: Sound and Unsound (Mises Institute 2010) and is currently writing a book with Patrick Newman on the development of Murray N. Rothbard as a Misesian economist. In the last few years, he has published several articles appearing in peer-review journals including Oxford Economic PapersThe European Journal of the History of Economic Thought, and The Journal of Institutional Economics

He has testified before US Congress several times and published numerous op eds online at mises.org, forbes.com, Christian Science Monitor.com, Wall Street Oasis.com, and Economic Policy Journal.com. 

Salerno lectures frequently throughout the US and internationally, and more than 50 of his lectures are available online. He has also been interviewed on broadcast and online radio and TV shows including Bloomberg radio, CSPAN, Fox News, Fox Business Network, New York Lawline, and RTtelevision. 

He blogs at http://mises.org/Blog

All Works

Mises and Rothbard versus the Progressives

History of the Austrian School of Economics

10/18/2022Mises Media
Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.
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Why I Love "Price Discrimination"

Economic FreedomFree MarketsPrice Controls

09/07/2022Mises Media
Mainstream economists say everyone should pay the same price for the same good. But that doesn't totally make sense.
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Why I Love "Price Discrimination"

Free MarketsPrices

Blog08/30/2022

Mainstream economists say everyone should pay the same price for the same good. But that doesn't totally make sense.

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Calculation and Socialism

Austrian Economics OverviewCalculation and KnowledgeOther Schools of Thought

07/26/2022Mises Media
In 1920, Ludwig von Mises destroyed the intellectual foundations of the case for socialist central planning.
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