Selected Items from Curriculum Vita:
FIELDS OF SPECIALIZATION
• Market process theory (or free market economics)
• Monetary economics
• The philosophical foundations of economic ideas
RESEARCH
• Current research: I am writing a book on the business cycle. I plan to show what causes the business cycle. My explanation is based on the "Austrian" theory of the business cycle. I will defend Austrian cycle theory from criticisms and show why alternative theories of the business cycle do not provide good explanations of the cycle. Finally, I will apply Austrian business cycle theory to various cyclic episodes that have occurred throughout history to show how Austrian cycle theory can be used to help understand economic history.
• Working papers
- “Safety and Quality: The Free Market Versus Government Regulation”
- “There are no Exceptions to the Law of Demand”
PUBLISHED MATERIAL
• Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
- “The Assault on Energy Producers,” The Objective Standard vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 2008-2009), pp. 55-70
- “Austrian Trade Cycle Theory and Rationality,” New Perspectives on Political Economy vol. 4, no. 2 (2008), pp. 113-129, http://pcpe.libinst.cz/nppe/4_2/nppe4_2_2.pdf
- “The Relation Between Interest Rates and the Demand for Money: Correlation or Causation?” Journal of Business and Behavioral Sciences vol. 16, no. 1 (Fall 2007), pp. 57-67
- “An Economic, Political, and Philosophical Analysis of Externalities,” Reason Papers no. 29 (Fall 2007), pp. 123-140
• Book
- Markets Don’t Fail! (Lexington Books: Lanham, MD: 2005)
• Opinion-Editorials
- “Gold and a Free Market: The Solutions to Our Financial Crisis,” The Daily Transcript, October 24, 2008. A longer version of this article was published in Capitalism Magazine, http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=5339, October 31, 2008.
- “The House Passes Green Energy Bill” Human Events, May 9, 2005
- “The Real Debate Over Social Security: To Save it or Not To Save it” The Daily Transcript, April 25, 2005, p. 9A
- “Who’s to Blame for High Gas Prices?” San Francisco Chronicle, April 14, 2005, p. B-9. Similar versions of this article were published in The San Diego Union-Tribune and the San Diego Business Journal, as well as other media outlets.
- “Insider Trading: Politics and Law,” The Sephardic Voice, March 15, 2005, p. 1
PRESENTATIONS AT SCHOLARLY CONFERENCES
• “Wealth and Income Inequality: An Economic and Ethical Analysis”
- 33rd annual international convention of the Association of Private Enterprise Education; April 7, 2008; Las Vegas, NV
- 13th annual conference of The American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences; February 24, 2006; Las Vegas, NV (session chair)
• “The Relation Between Interest Rates and the Demand for Money: Correlation or Causation?” (session chair)
- 14th annual conference of The American Society of Business and Behavioral Sciences; February 23, 2007; Las Vegas, NV
OTHER PRESENTATIONS
• “A Critical Analysis of Keynes’s Business Cycle and Depression Theory”
- A colloquium sponsored by the Social Philosophy and Policy Center and the Department of Economics at Bowling Green State University; October 24, 2008; Bowling Green, OH
• “The ‘Market Failure’ Fallacy”
- Ayn Rand Institute Public Lecture Series; January 31, 2008; Costa Mesa, CA
- A similar version of this talk was given at The Fraser Institute’s Policy Briefing Series, April 26, 27, and 28, 2006 in Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver.
• “Economics (part 1): The Nature of Economics, Wealth, and the Division of Labor”
- Objectivist Summer Conference; July 6-15, 2007; Telluride, CO
• “The Business Cycle” (Presented Multiple Times)
- Small Business Development Seminar, Center for Entrepreneurship; National University; 2003-2006; San Diego, CA
• “Money, Banking, and the Business Cycle”
- Objectivist Summer Conference; July 3-13, 2005; San Diego, CA
MEDIA INTERVIEWS AND MENTIONS
• The Daily Transcript, “Fed to Buy up to $300B Long-Term Treasury Bonds,” March 18, 2009
• The Daily Transcript, “Aside from Recession, Financial Future Still Blurry, Analysts Say,” October 31, 2008
• The Daily Transcript, “Investors Show ‘Crisis of Confidence’ as Stocks Tumble,” September 29, 2008
• The Daily Transcript, “Local Opinion Mixed on Proposed Fed Changes,” July 10, 2008
• The Province, (Vancouver) “New Carbon Tax Fuels Anger, Rally,” July 2, 2008
Ph.D. Economics,
George Mason University
MA Economics,
George Mason University
MBA,
Pepperdine University
BS Aerospace Engineering,
Syracuse University