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Lawrence H. White

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Lawrence H. White is a professor of economics at George Mason University. He is an expert on banking and monetary policy. He is the author of Competition and Currency: Essays on Free Banking and Money (1989).


Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226



Books and Book Chapters

Competition and Currency: Essays on Free Banking and Money, (1989)

Cato Studies

"Has the Fed Been a Failure?," by George A. Selgin, William D. Lastrapes and Lawrence H. White, Working Paper no. 2, November 9, 2010.

"How Did We Get into This Financial Mess?," Briefing Paper no. 110, November 18, 2008.

"Is the Gold Standard Still the Gold Standard among Monetary Systems?," Briefing Paper no. 100, February 8, 2008.

"Inflation and the Federal Reserve: The Consequences of Political Money Supply," Policy Analysis no. 8, April 15, 1982.

Articles and Newsletters

"Federal Reserve Policy and the Housing Bubble," The Cato Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2009 .

"As Good As Gold?," Cato Policy Report, March/April 2008.

"Free Banking in Scotland: Reply to a Dissenting View," The Cato Journal, Vol. 10, No. 3, Winter 1991 .

Opinion and Commentary

"The German Miracle: Another Look," The Wall Street Journal, September 8, 2010

"Ease up on the Gas Pedal, Bernanke!," by David C. Rose and Lawrence H. White, Forbes, March 10, 2009

"We Can't Spend Our Way out of This Quagmire," by Lawrence H. White and David C. Rose, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, January 21, 2009

"In What Respects Will the Information Age Make Central Banks Obsolete?," Cato.org, March 16, 2002

Events

"29th Annual Monetary Conference," November 16, 2011 [Conference]

"28th Annual Monetary Conference," November 18, 2010 [Conference]

"The 27th Annual Monetary Conference: Restoring Global Financial Stability," November 19, 2009 [Conference]

"24th Annual Monetary Conference: Federal Reserve Policy in the Face of Crises," November 16, 2006 [Conference]




Multimedia

Events Panel 3: Transition to a New Monetary Regime with Steve H. Hanke and Richard H. Timberlake Jr. (November 16, 2011) [Events, 01:03:11]

Cato Video Lawrence H. White discusses commodity money and free banking. (March 4, 2011) [Cato Video, 12:33]

Events 28th Annual Monetary Conference: Preventing Bubbles: Regulation vs. Monetary Policy with Mickey D. Levy, Charles Calomiris and David Malpass (November 18, 2010) [Events, 01:06:38]

Events 28th Annual Monetary Conference: Bubbles under Alternative Monetary Regimes with Steve H. Hanke, George S. Tavlas and Kevin Dowd (November 18, 2010) [Events, 01:14:02]

Daily Podcast The Rule of Law and Central Banks (December 31, 2009) [Daily Podcast, 07:03]

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