About the Author

Douglas E. French is President Emeritus (2009–2011) of the Ludwig von Mises Institute.1 He received his Masters degree in economics from the University of Nevada Las Vegas under Murray Rothbard with Professor Hoppe serving on his thesis committee, after many years in banking industry. He is author and contributor to numerous books and articles, including the acclaimed Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in the Supply of Money (2d ed., Mises Institute, 2009; 4th Expanded Edition, Palmetto Publishing, 2024),2 the first major empirical study of the relationship between early bubbles and the money supply, and Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth (Mises Institute, 2010),3 a monograph assessing the philosophy and morality of strategic default. He resides in Las Vegas with his wife, Deanna Forbush.

Contact: douglas.e.french@gmail.com; www.DouglasInVegas.com.

1. 1https://perma.cc/FLV6-MMR8

2. 2 Douglas E. French, Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in the Supply of Money, 4th Expanded Edition (Palmetto Publishing, 2024; https://perma.cc/4JLW-8BC4); idem, Early Speculative Bubbles & Increases in the Supply of Money, 2d ed. (Auburn, Al.: Mises Institute, 2009; https://perma.cc/4SU8-XW6V).

3. 3 Douglas E. French, Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth (Mises Institute, 2010; https://perma.cc/E6JE-LE55).