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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

"Transitory" No Longer: Double-Digit Inflation Is Already Here!

Booms and BustsInflation

Blog07/22/2022

Forget the talk from Biden and economists like Paul Krugman. Double-digit inflation is here, and it will be with us for a while.

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Rothbard vs. the Religion of Progressivism

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsInterventionism

Blog06/09/2022

Not only must the war against progressivism be fought with a religious fervor, but it must also be, in Rothbard’s words, “openly and gloriously reactionary.”

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A Birthday Tribute to Murray Rothbard’s Favorite Economist

02/14/2022Power & Market

If one-tenth of the time and the energy that has been lavished over an enormously inferior work like Marshall’s Principles ha[d] been spent on this work, the history of economic thought in our time would be enormously different.

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The Essence of Hutt

BiographiesFree MarketsPricesProduction Theory

11/08/2021Mises Daily Articles
In that epoch of virtually unchallenged Keynesian ascendancy, Hutt's work was a beacon for those who defended the truth that economics is about the choices and actions of real human beings.
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Venezuelans Turn to Gold Nuggets as the Local Currency Implodes

Blog10/28/2021

In one region of Venezuela, gold flakes have become the currency of choice in the region, with prices for commodities and services quoted in grams of gold.

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