I am an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University and a Phil Smith Fellow at the Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise. I am also an Associate Editor of the journal Public Choice and a Sound Money Project fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research.

My research focuses on monetary theory and history and political economy. My scholarly work has been published in Economics Letters, the European Economic Review, the European Review of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, Public Choice, and the Southern Economic Journal. My popular writing has appeared in the City Journal, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal.

I received my B.A. in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and my M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University, where I was awarded the William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics.