William J. Luther

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Director, Sound Money Project

William J. Luther is the Director of AIER’s Sound Money Project and an Associate Professor of Economics at Florida Atlantic University. His research focuses primarily on questions of currency acceptance. He has published articles in leading scholarly journals, including Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Institutional Economics, Public Choice, and Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance. His popular writings have appeared in The Economist, Forbes, and U.S. News & World Report. His work has been featured by major media outlets, including NPR, Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, TIME Magazine, National Review, Fox Nation, and VICE News. Luther earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in Economics at George Mason University and his B.A. in Economics at Capital University. He was an AIER Summer Fellowship Program participant in 2010 and 2011.

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Research Publications by William J. Luther

Title: Behavioral and policy responses to Covid-19: Evidence from Google mobility data on state-level stay-at-home orders


Authors: WJ Luther

Publication: Journal of Private Enterprise 36 (3), 67-89, 2021

Title: Digital Gold: The Case for Cryptocurrencies


Authors: WJ Luther

Publication: The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect, 2021

Title: Digital Gold: The Case for Cryptocurrencies


Authors: WJ Luther

Publication: AIER Sound Money Project Working Paper, 2021

Title: How Does a Well-functioning Gold Standard Function?


Authors: PC Earle, WJ Luther

Publication: The Gold Standard: Retrospect and Prospect, 2021

Title: How Does a Well-functioning Gold Standard Function?


Authors: PC Earle, WJ Luther

Publication: AIER Public Policy Working Paper, 2021

Title: The Federal Reserve’s response to the COVID‐19 contraction: an initial appraisal


Authors: N Cachanosky, BP Cutsinger, TL Hogan, WJ Luther, AW Salter

Publication: Southern economic journal 87 (4), 1152-1174, 2021