George Selgin is an American #economist, senior fellow and director emeritus of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, editor-in-chief of the center's blog, Alt-M, professor emeritus of economics at the Terry College of #Business at the University of Georgia, and an associate editor of Econ Journal Watch.

#Selgin is a leading expert on monetary economics, including monetary history, macroeconomic theory, and the history of monetary thought. He is also a specialist in the economics of #Bitcoin.

Selgin is the author of numerous articles and books, including:

* The Theory of Free Banking (1988)

* Good Money: Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage (2008)

* Money: Free & Unfree (2017)

* Less Than Zero: The Case for a Falling Price Level in a Growing Economy (2018)

* Floored! How a Misguided Fed Experiment Deepened and Prolonged the Great Recession (2018)

* The Menace of Fiscal QE (2020)

Selgin is a strong advocate for #freebanking, a system in which private banks issue their own #currencies in competition with each other. He argues that free banking would create a more stable and efficient monetary system than the current system of central banking.

Selgin is also a vocal critic of the #FederalReserve, which he believes has often abused its powers and contributed to economic instability. He has called for the Fed to be abolished and for the monetary system to be privatized.

Selgin is a highly respected economist and his work has been influential in shaping the debate on monetary policy. He is a frequent speaker and commentator on economic issues.

In addition to his academic work, Selgin is also a Bitcoin OG ("Original Gangsta"). He took part in the original cypherpunk mailing list (with Wei Dei and Nick Szabo) that led to Bitcoin's invention, which #HalFinney and #NickSzabo say he helped to inspire. He was one of the first economists to explore the economics of #Bitcoin

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