William J. Luther
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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Title: Cash, crime, and cryptocurrencies
Authors: JR Hendrickson, WJ Luther
Publication: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 85, 200-207, 2022
Title: Central bank independence and the Federal Reserve’s new operating regime
Authors: JL Jordan, WJ Luther
Publication: The Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance 84, 510-515, 2022
Title: On the origins of cryptocurrencies
Authors: WJ Luther, N Sridhar
Publication: A Modern Guide to Austrian Economics, 200-215, 2022
Title: Seigniorage payments and the Federal Reserve’s new operating regime
Authors: BP Cutsinger, WJ Luther
Publication: Economics Letters 220, 110880, 2022
Title: The Value of Bitcoin in the Year 2141 (and beyond!)
Authors: JR Hendrickson, WJ Luther
Publication: The Economics of Blockchain and Cryptocurrency, 51-68, 2022
