Lawrence H. White
- Distinguished Senior Fellow, F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Professor of Economics, George Mason University
Lawrence H. White is a professor of economics at George Mason University and a distinguished senior fellow with the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Prior to his position at George Mason, he was the F. A. Hayek Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economics, University of Missouri-St. Louis. He has been a visiting professor at the Queen's School of Management and Economics, Queen's University of Belfast, and a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta.
Professor White is the author of The Theory of Monetary Institutions (Blackwell, 1999), Free Banking in Britain (2nd ed., IEA, 1995), and Competition and Currency (NYU Press, 1989). He is the editor of several works, including The History of Gold and Silver (3 vols., Pickering and Chatto, 2000), The Crisis in American Banking (NYU Press, 1993), African Finance: Research and Reform (ICS Press, 1993), and Free Banking (3 vols., Edward Elgar, 1993). His articles on monetary theory and banking history have appeared in the American Economic Review, the Journal of Economic Literature, the Journal of Money, Credit, and Banking, and other leading professional journals.
Dr. White earned his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles, and his AB from Harvard University.
For a current list of publications, view Lawrence's personal website.
Publications & Appearances
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The private mint in economics
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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"Money and the Rule of Law" Book Panel
Constrained discretion is held up as the reigning paradigm for central banks. But no matter how smart or well-intentioned…
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- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
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Lawrence H. White & Scott Sumner on "The Money Illusion"
Is it possible that the consensus around what caused the 2008 Great Recession is almost entirely wrong? On this episode of the…
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Can Bitcoin Become the World's Money? | The Soho Forum Debate Podcast
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Monetary Policy Monetary Policy
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Hayek, Cassel, and the Origins of the Great Depression
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
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Hayek's Evolving Views on the Gold Standard
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Should We Be Worried about High Inflation from the Fed’s Recent Money-Printing?
Much of my research over the years has concerned the operating characteristics of banking and monetary regimes (free banking…
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Political Economy of the Fed’s Unconventional Monetary and Credit Policies
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The Conflict Between Constitutionally Constraining the State and Empowering the State to Provide Public Goods
- | F.A. Hayek Program F.A. Hayek Program
- | Mercatus Original Podcasts Mercatus Original Podcasts
- | Hayek Program Podcast Hayek Program Podcast
An Economic History of the Last One Hundred Years
Echoing the narrative style of Director Quentin Tarantino, Professor Lawrence H. White delivers an overview of the economic…