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Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Kristoffer Mousten Hansen is a Mises Institute Fellow and research assistant at the Institute for Economic Policy at Leipzig University. He specializes in monetary policy with published articles in the Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics. Kristoffer received his PhD from the University of Angers and is a former Mises Institute summer research fellow.

Articles

A Simple Model of the Demand for Money and the Demand for Secondary Media of Exchange

12/31/2025 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

The existence and importance of secondary media of exchange (close substitutes for money) can be considered a proxy for the quality of money, says Kristoffer Mousten Hansen.

Book Review: A Modern, European _Lombard Street_

12/12/2024 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Nikolay Gertchev's new book builds on Mises's advancements in monetary theory, and successfully presents the modern bureaucratized European banking system in a manner intelligible to the reader.

What Is Inflation? Clarifying and Justifying Rothbard’s Definition

05/22/2023 Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics Kristoffer Mousten Hansen Jonathan Newman

Is inflation an increase in the supply of money not offset by an increase in the demand, or an increase of fiduciary media? Hansen and Newman argue for the latter.

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Media

Who Pays the Hormuz Toll?

04/21/2026 Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

According to Rothbard’s first law of incidence, “no tax can be shifted forward.” That is, the person or company paying the tax cannot make the buyer pay the tax.

The Case for Immediately Closing the Central Bank

02/27/2025 Ryan McMaken Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Ryan is joined by Economist and Mises Institute Fellow Kristoffer Hansen to discuss what would have happened if Argentina President Javier Milei had immediately shut down the country's central bank. The same holds for every other central bank, as well.

Unpacking Mises: Fractional Reserve Banking and the Currency School

11/01/2024 Robert P. Murphy Kristoffer Mousten Hansen

Mises Fellow Kristoffer Hansen joins Bob to discuss the controversy surrounding Mises' perspective on fractional reserve banking and free banking.

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