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: Is bitcoin intrinsically worthless?


Authors: WJ Luther

Publication: Journal of Private Enterprise 33 (1), 31-45, 2018

Title: The Curse of Cash


Authors: W Luther

Publication: The Independent Review 22 (4), 619-622, 2018

Title: Banning bitcoin


Authors: JR Hendrickson, WJ Luther

Publication: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 141, 188-195, 2017

Title: Bitcoin and the bailout


Authors: WJ Luther, AW Salter

Publication: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 66, 50-56, 2017

Title: Deposit Insurance Is Not Fair


Authors: TL Hogan, WJ Luther

Publication: Harwood Economic Review, Winter, 6-7, 2017

Title: Deposit Insurance Is Not Fair


Authors: TL Hogan, WJ Luther

Publication: Harwood Economic Review, Winter, 6-7, 2017