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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The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order
Authors: WJ Luther
Publication: The Independent Review 18 (3), 468-470, 2014
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The explicit costs of government deposit insurance
Authors: TL Hogan, WJ Luther
Publication: Cato J. 34, 145, 2014
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The explicit costs of government deposit insurance
Authors: TL Hogan, WJ Luther
Publication: Cato Journal 34 (1), 145-170, 2014
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Bitcoin is memory
Authors: WJ Luther, J Olson
Publication: Journal of Prices & Markets 3 (3), 2015, 2013
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Friedman Versus Hayek on Private Outside Monies: New Evidence for the Debate
Authors: WJ Luther
Publication: Economic Affairs 33 (1), 127-135, 2013
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The empirical relevance of the Mises-Hayek theory of the trade cycle
Authors: RB Lester, JS Wolff
Publication: The Review of Austrian Economics 26, 433-461, 2013
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All the Devils are Here: The Hidden History of the Financial Crisis–By Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera
Authors: WJ Luther
Publication: Economic Affairs 32 (1), 85-86, 2012
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Deposit Insurance Is Not Free
Authors: WJ Luther, TL Hogan
Publication: Mercatus on Policy, 2012
