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Joseph T. Salerno

Academic Vice President

Tags The FedAustrian Economics OverviewGold StandardHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsMonetary TheoryMoney and BankingPrices

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

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How Governments Killed the Gold Standard

Free MarketsU.S. HistoryGold StandardMonetary Theory

05/28/2021Mises Daily Articles
The gold standard disappeared because governments destroyed it. Here's how it happened. Private-sector money is always an enemy of the state.
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Mises on Nationalism, Colonialism, and the Right of Self-Determination

World History

Blog05/22/2021

Mises argues that the nation has a fundamental and relatively permanent being independent of the transient state (or states) which may govern it at any given time. Thus he refers to the nation as “an organic entity [which] can be neither increased nor reduced by changes in states.”

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How the Fed Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Easy Money

The FedInterventionismPolitical Theory

05/20/2021Mises Daily Articles
Kennedy and his new brand of economists conducted a relentless campaign for easy money right from inauguration day.
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A Review Essay of Radicals for Capitalism: A Freewheeling History of the Modern American Libertarian Movement by Brian Doherty

Libertarianism

05/19/2021The Journal of Libertarian Studies
The outstanding merit of Brian Doherty’s book is that it contains a treasure trove of valuable information regarding the events, personalities, periodicals and organizations whose complex interplay influenced the intellectual and institutional development of the modern American libertarian movement.
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From the Editors

Philosophy

05/19/2021The Journal of Libertarian Studies
Under Rothbard's direction, the Journal of Libertarian Studies became the intellectual center—the theoretical hard core—of a steadily growing international movement of libertarianism.
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