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George A. Selgin

Adjunct Scholar

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George A. Selgin is professor of economics at the University of Georgia. He is an expert on banking, monetary policy, and macroeconomics. He is author of Bank Deregulation and Monetary Order.




Cato Studies

"Replacing Potemkin Capitalism: Russia's Need for a Free-Market Financial System," by Kurt Schuler and George A. Selgin, Policy Analysis no. 348, June 7, 1999.

"Replacing the Ruble in Lithuania: Real Change versus Pseudoreform," by Kurt Schuler, George A. Selgin and Joseph Sinkey Jr., Policy Analysis no. 163, October 28, 1991.

"Interstate Banking: The Reform That Won't Go Away," by Steven Horwitz and George A. Selgin, Policy Analysis no. 97, December 15, 1987.

"The Case for Free Banking: Then and Now," Policy Analysis no. 60, October 21, 1985.

Opinion and Commentary

"At the Fed, Nothing Succeeds Like Failure," Cato.org, April 22, 2008

"Federal Reserve Should Resist Tinkering," Christian Science Monitor, August 31, 2007

"To Dollarize or Privatize Currency in Argentina," The Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2001

"Time to Replace Russia's Potemkin Capitalism," Tribune-Review, June 6, 1999

"America's Deflation Hysteria," Bridge News, December 19, 1997

Events

"25th Annual Monetary Conference: Monetary Arrangements in the 21st Century," November 14, 2007 [Conference]

"22nd Annual Monetary Conference: International Monetary Reform and Capital Freedom," October 14, 2004 [Conference]