Alexander William Salter
Associate Professor of Economics, Rawls College of Business and the Comparative Economics Research Fellow, Free Market Institute, Texas Tech University
Alexander William Salter
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Alexander William Salter is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute and Associate Professor of Economics in the Rawls College of Business and the Comparative Economics Research Fellow in the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has also taught at Berry College.
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{content}The Fed Must Be Held Tight to a Market-Price Stability Rule
Markets treated the federal government’s latest inflation...
Private Property, Liberalism, and Human Flourishing
Private property enables individuals to pursue happiness through their own free choices. It also shields our individual and institutional projects from arbitrary power.
Statesmanship and the Classical Liberal Order
Good governance sustains the institutions that make self-governance possible.
Stablecoins Won’t Save Us From Fiscal Folly
It’s a flashy stopgap for a long-term structural problem.
The Fed’s 2% Inflation Target Is No Longer Enough
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell held interest rates steady Wednesday for...
The Fed Cannot Unclog Global Shipping Lanes
Oil shocks from conflict are supply problems monetary policy cannot solve.
For Gen Z, Economics May Be the Key to Success in the New AI World
Members of Gen Z are right to ask: What jobs will be left for...
AI Won’t Cause a Spending Collapse
Total demand in the economy is determined by monetary policy, not technological change.
Affordability Is A Structural Problem that Monetary Policy Can’t Fix
Much of today’s economic debate is plagued by a basic...
The Fed’s Phantom Tradeoff
A predictable, rules-based monetary policy would deliver the price stability that labor markets require to thrive.
