Adam Smith on Private Money versus Government Money
In this seminar of the Freedom Perspectives series, analyses the debate between private money and government-issued money through the ideas of and the contemporary theory of free banking. The presentation explores how monetary systems based on competition among private banks can function as an alternative to central banks and state monopolies over money issuance.
Horario:
Argentina GMT-3: 13:30 hs
El Paso, Texas GMT -6: 10:30 hs
Ph.D. in Economics, UCLA
Lawrence H. White is a Professor of Economics at George Mason University, where he teaches monetary theory and policy. He is widely regarded as a leading authority on the history and theory of free banking. His work advocates for the abolition of the Federal Reserve and the promotion of private banking and monetary competition.
White earned his undergraduate degree from Harvard University in 1977 and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1982. Prior to his current role at George Mason University, he served as Professor of Economic History in the Department of Economics at the University of Missouri–St. Louis from 2000 to 2009, where he taught American economic history, monetary theory, and banking. Earlier in his career, he was an Assistant Professor at New York University and an Associate Professor at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia.
Edgardo Zablotsky es Ph.D. en Economía por la Universidad de Chicago y fundador y Director Ejecutivo del UCEMA Friedman Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society. Es Miembro de la Academia Nacional de Educación y Profesor Titular de la Universidad del CEMA.
También es miembro de la Mont Pelerin Society y forma parte de los Consejos Académicos de Fundación Libertad y Progreso y Fundación Atlas (Argentina).
Su trabajo académico se centra en dos áreas principales de research: filantropía no asistencialista y la libertad de elección educativa (school choice) en el contexto del sistema educativo argentino. Su libro más reciente, Cuando el miedo abolió la libertad, coescrito con Gabriel Zanotti, fue publicado en agosto de 2025.