Alexander Salter
Comparative Economics Research Fellow and Georgie G. Snyder Associate Professor of Economics
Alexander William Salter is Comparative Economics Research Fellow at the Free Market Institute and Georgie G. Snyder Associate Professor of Economics in the Jerry S. Rawls College of Business Administration at Texas Tech University.
Dr. Salter earned his B.A. in economics from Occidental College and his M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University.
Dr. Salter's research focuses on comparative political economy and institutional analysis. He is interested in monetary economics and macroeconomics, and especially the question of which monetary and macroeconomic institutions best promote economic stability. His research interests also include the economics of governance in the tradition of the Virginia School of political economy, investigating which governance rules effectively align the incentives of governors with the welfare of the governed.
He has authored more than 70 scholarly publications and more than 100 articles for the general public. In 2021, Cambridge University Press published his first book (co-authored with Peter Boettke and Daniel Smith), Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions.
In addition to conducting scholarly research, Dr. Salter is a senior fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research's Sound Money Project, and serves as an associate editor of The Journal of Private Enterprise.
For more information about Dr. Salter, please visit www.awsalter.com or his Social Science Research Network (SSRN) page: Alexander William Salter.
Recent Publications
Working Papers
Whitener, W. & Salter, A. W. (Working Paper). Monoepiscopacy: A Rational Choice Account.
Whitener, W. & Salter, A. W. (Working Paper). Wealth and Commerce in Eastern Christian Thought.
Recent Op-Eds and Short Articles
May 6, 2022 — America Has Forgotten Its Liberalism — Wall Street Journal
May 4, 2022 — Lisa Cook is Unqualified for the Federal Reserve Board — AIER Sound Money Project
May 4, 2022 — For the Least of These: Against Inflation Economics — Witherspoon Institute Public Discourse
April 21, 2022 — Jesus a Socialist? That's a Myth — Wall Street Journal
April 8, 2022 — The Fed's Dual Mandate Is Redundant — National Review
April 1, 2022 — Economics for Everyone — Law and Liberty
March 28, 2022 — Who Needs the Dual Mandate? — AIER Sound Money Project
March 17, 2022 — Mandate drift at the Fed is par for the course — The Hill
March 13, 2022 — How to Think about Inflation — AIER Sound Money Project
March 7, 2022 — Sarah Bloom Raskin Does Not Belong at the Fed — Wall Street Journal
March 6, 2022 — Salter: Reason for rights: Liberty and the good life — Lubbock-Avalanche Journal
March 3, 2022 — America Abroad: Leader of the Free World or Imperial Power? — Divided We Fall
February 17, 2022 — We Need Binding Rules to Solve Our Inflation Problems — National Review
February 14, 2022 — Lina Kahn won't solve inflation — The Hill
February 6, 2022 — Salter: Free and equal: Liberty and natural rights — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
February 5, 2022 — Modern monetary theorists have no answer to raging inflation — Washington Examiner
February 3, 2022 — Trade less, raid less: Decoupling lowers the risk of war with China — Fortune
January 22, 2022 — Out-of-control Congress and Fed need binding rules — Fox News
January 19, 2022 — How Politicized Economists Got Inflation Wrong—on Both Sides — Newsweek
January 6, 2022 — Some Frustrating Economics in the Wall Street Journal — AIER Sound Money Project
December 30, 2021 — The Fed and Inflation: Wrong on Average — National Review
December 30, 2021 — Instead of BBB, Biden should pursue supply-side liberalism — Washington Examiner
December 22, 2021 — Monetary policy is about money, not interest rates — Washington Examiner
December 14, 2021 — Industrial Policy Is Unwise But Not Impossible — National Review
December 6, 2021 — Salter: Local liberty and how freedom helps us flourish — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
November 16, 2021 — A Space Treaty to Stop the Sky From Falling — Wall Street Journal
November 9, 2021 — That's Not Real Socialism! — National Review
October 28, 2021 — Fed Tapering Won't Beat Inflation — Wall Street Journal
October 18, 2021 — Inflation is More Complex Than You Think — National Review
October 6, 2021 — Quit Playing Games with Bank Regulation — National Review
October 5, 2021 — Dangers of a Digital Dollar — Wall Street Journal
September 22, 2021 — Salter: The constitution and the concept of liberty — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
September 17, 2021 — Constituting Constitutional Economics — AIER Daily Economy News
September 8, 2021 — Searching for Good Governance — AIER Daily Economy News
August 30, 2021 — The Debt Ceiling Provides a Moment of Truth — Wall Street Journal
August 29, 2021 — The Economics of Orbital Clutter — Aerospace Tech Review
August 15, 2021 — Making the dollar as good as gold — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
August 15, 2021 — 50 years ago the U.S. closed its gold window, triggering the failure of our monetary system — The Dallas Morning News
August 4, 2021 — Alexander Salter Letter: The dollar's not-so-golden anniversary — Abilene Reporter News
August 2, 2021 — Lessons for Today From the Gold Standard — Wall Street Journal
July 25, 2021 — The principles of '76: Libertarianism and the Declaration of Independence — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
July 22, 2021 — Cuba Reminds Us There Is No Political Freedom without Economic Freedom — National Review
July 20, 2021 — How to stop a flip-flopping Fed — The Dallas Morning News
July 13, 2021 — Economically and morally, more immigration is right — Washington Examiner
July 11, 2021 — Freedom is not a treasure to hoard but an inheritance for American's to pass on — The Dallas Morning News
July 4, 2021 — Salter: Conserving Liberty: Why Libertarianism deserves a hearing — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
June 29, 2021 — Outer Space Is Becoming the Final Junkyard — National Review
June 28, 2021 — Politicians hate Big Tech, but they haven't explained why big is bad — The Dallas Morning News
June 28, 2021 — Republicans or the Republic — Abilene Reporter News
June 20, 2021 — How inflation hides our real economic problems — The Dallas Morning News
June 17, 2021 — A new era of constitutional drift — Acton Institute
June 17, 2021 — A Public Letter of Concern about the Federal Reserve — National Review
June 15, 2021 — Biden's Signal to the Fed Presumes Too Much — The Wall Street Journal
June 14, 2021 — What causes disastrous inflation? Money mischief and fiscal follies — Washington Examiner
June 6, 2021 — Salter: Mr. President tradeoffs are not optional — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
June 4, 2021 — Constitutional Conundrums and Fiscal Follies: In Defense of the Articles of Confederation — National Review
May 28, 2021 — There's Nothing Modern About MMT — Reason Magazine
May 25, 2021 — Money and the Rule of Law — fifteeneightyfour (Cambridge University Press Blog)
May 20, 2021 — Time to rein in Federal Reserve's lawless monetary policy — The Washington Times
May 20, 2021 — 'Common Good' Conservatism's Catholic Roots — The Wall Street Journal
May 18, 2021 — Who's Afraid of Inflation? — Washington Examiner
May 4, 2021 — Great Power Competition in the Final Frontier: How to Keep the Peace in Space — National Review
May 3, 2021 — A Moral Case for Capitalism — Intercollegiate Studies Institute
April 27, 2021 — Bidenomics is winning without a fight — Washington Examiner
April 18, 2021 — Biden 'Stimulus' Will Deaden Innovation — The Wall Street Journal
March 31, 2021 — Is Economics a Liberal Art? — National Review
March 30, 2021 — The zombie economics of demand-site fundamentalism — Washington Examiner
March 25, 2021 — End the Fed's Mission Creep — The Wall Street Journal
March 16, 2021 — Conservatives will never agree on everything. But this might help them get along — Washington Examiner
March 14, 2021 — America Doesn't Need More Stimulus — The Wall Street Journal
March 14, 2021 — Message to Washington: Conserve the nation's capital — Lubbock-Avalanche Journal
March 3, 2021 — Will the $1.9 trillion stimulus package cause runaway inflation? — The Wall Street Journal
March 2, 2021 — The politics of hearth and home — Lubbock-Avalanche Journal
February 28, 2021 — The Federal Reserve Is Financing Future Debt Problems — The Wall Street Journal
February 26, 2021 — Conservatives need Congressional supremacy — Washington Examiner
February 23, 2021 — The shocking economics of power and prices — Washington Examiner
February 19, 2021 — Is Inflation Still a Thing? — National Review
February 18, 2021 — The Federal Reserve is a threat to self-governance — Washington Examiner
February 7, 2021 — By supporting Trumpism, the GOP is in danger of losing libertarian support — The Dallas Morning News
January 27, 2021 — How Economics Lost Itself in Data — The Wall Street Journal
January 25, 2021 — To 'lower the temperature' raise commitments to federalism — The Hill
January 2, 2021 — Why The Real Villain of 2020 was Big Government — FEE
December 27, 2020 — The Federal Reserve Should Get Back to Basics — The Wall Street Journal
December 23, 2020 — Beijing's Iron Grip on Corporate China — National Review
December 14, 2020 — Making a Point with Moon Rocks — National Review
December 8, 2020 — Profit Keeps Corporate Leaders Honest — The Wall Street Journal
December 2, 2020 — 'Zombie Reaganism' Is Alive and Well — National Review
November 30, 2020 — Letter: Divided government, fed spending — Lubbock-Avalanche Journal
November 24, 2020 — How Will Joe Biden Handle Outer Space? — National Review
November 6, 2020 — The Artemis Accords: A Giant Leap for Space Commons — National Review
October 30, 2020 — Let's Make Outer Space the Free Market Frontier — National Review
October 29, 2020 — The least you can do. — Lubbock-Avalanche Journal
October 12, 2020 — Fiscal Stimulus Is Ineffective. The Fed Requesting It Is Even Worse. — National Review
October 4, 2020 — It's time to reckon with space junk — The Hill
September 28, 2020 — Markets Don't Have Much Reason to Believe the Federal Reserve — National Review
September 26, 2020 — Celestial property rights: How we can achieve a new, commerce-fueled space age — Space News
September 26, 2020 — Money, Markets, and Economic Order — AIER
September 16, 2020 — NASA is Paying for Moon Rocks. The Implications for Space Commerce are Huge — AIER Daily Economy News
September 10, 2020 — Rockets and Profits: How corporations will make us a permanent spacefaring civilization — The Hill
September 9, 2020 — Meet the New Fed, Same as the Old Fed: Jerome Powell's Inflation Revelation Falls Flat — AIER
September 7, 2020 — Where Does Money Come From — AIER
September 5, 2020 — For-Profit Companies Must be the Backbone of the New Space Age — AIER Daily Economy News
August 31, 2020 — Outer Space Needs Private Law — The Space Review
August 28, 2020 — Why the Attacks on Judy Shelton by Fed Insiders Are Cause for Concern — Real Clear Markets
August 7, 2020 — Judy Shelton is Right About the Gold Standard — AIER
August 3, 2020 — Celestial property rights: How we can achieve a new, commerce fueled space age — Space News Magazine
July 28, 2020 — The Federal Reserve Is Both Too Politicized and Too Powerful — FEE
July 16, 2020 — That Civilized Relic: A Monetary System as Good as Gold — AIER
July 16, 2020 — A Rush to Mine the Moon Will Be Good for Humanity — Real Clear Science
July 8, 2020 — The Fed's Creeping Mandate is Cause for Concern — Real Clear Markets
July 2, 2020 — Don't Let the Fed Use COVID to Justify Irresponsible Policies — The American Conservative
June 24, 2020 — COVID-19 Made the Federal Reserve Sick — AIER Daily Economy News
June 21, 2020 — Salter: Money mischief: Fed's response to COVID-19 — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
June 12, 2020 — The Fed's state and municipal lending is a bad idea — The Hill
June 7, 2020 — It's Time to End the Fed's Dual Mandate — AIER
June 2, 2020 — Doux Commerce Amidst the Stars — AIER Daily Economy News
May 22, 2020 — Powell Admits that the Fed's Actions Vastly Exceed Its Mandate — AIER
May 20, 2020 — The Fed is Falling, Again — AIER
May 13, 2020 — How the Fed's COVID-19 Response Undermines Federalism — AIER
May 11, 2020 — The Fed Wants to Become a Financial Central Planner — AIER Daily Economy News
May 4, 2020 — Salter: Federalism is the forgotten ideal — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
May 3, 2020 — Incompetent Experts and Bad Government — AIER Daily Economy News
April 19, 2020 — Can Medical Supply Autarky Save Us from Pandemics? — AIER Daily Economy News
March 15, 2020 — Salter: Your health care is priceless; that's a big problem — Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
October 4, 2019 — 60 years of space junk: The challenge of orbital debris — The Hill
September 13, 2019 — Why Progressivism Wins — The American Conservative
September 13, 2019 — Why Aren't There More Conservative Anarchists? On Recovering a Consistent Philosophy of Conservative Anti-Statism — Front Porch Republic
Recent Radio and Podcast Interviews
June 14, 2021 — Daniel Smith and Alexander Salter on *Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions — Mercatus Center's Macro Musings
May 31, 2021 — Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions — Cato Daily Podcast
April 27, 2021 — Texas Tech's Alexander Salter predicts Biden's stimulus will deaden innovation — AM 650 WIND Chicago's Morning Answer
January 15, 2021 — Classical Liberalism and the Common Good — Discourse Magazine Podcast
September 16, 2020 — Economist Alex Salter (Texas Tech) on the Fed and profits from space — The Ross Kaminsky Show
September 15, 2020 — The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 9-15-2020 — The Bryan Hyde Show
September 2, 2020 — The Bryan Hyde Show hour two 9-2-2020 — The Bryan Hyde Show
August 31, 2020 — Ed, Dread, & The Fed — Born With a Five O'Clock Shadow
June 2, 2020 — Bob Murphy Show ep 122: Alex Salter on State Capacity and What Really Happened in Somalia — The Bob Murphy Show
March 18, 2019 — True Conservatism Means Anarchism — The Tom Woods Show
April 30, 2018 — Podcast 4 - Alexander Salter — InnovativeGovernance.org
February 6, 2018 — Should Texas Give SpaceX Another $5 Million For Its Brownsville Spaceport? — Texas Standard
July 21, 2016 — An Austrian Perspective on Central Banking — Reinvent Money
October 6, 2015 — Heartland Daily Podcast - Alex Salter: The Legal Policy of Space Junk — Budget & Tax News Podcast
Recent Television Interviews and Appearances
November 18, 2022 — Texas Tech expert warning of dangerous space debris after Russian anti-satellite missile test — KAMC Lubbock
December 28, 2020 — Analysis: President Trump signs COVID relief bill — FOX5 Washington DC
December 3, 2020 — SpaceWaves: Avoiding celestial anarchy — FreightWaves TV
Contact
Email: alexander.w.salter@ttu.edu
Phone: (806) 834-8186
Offices: 167A Administration
NW307 Rawls College of Business
Free Market Institute
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