Bryan Cutsinger on Seigniorage and the Monetary Economics of the Civil War

Bryan Cutsinger on Seigniorage and the Monetary Economics of the Civil War

Bryan Cutsinger is an economist affiliated with Angelo State as well as Texas Tech University and recently published an article titled *Seigniorage in the Civil War South*. He joins the show today to talk about this article, the monetary history of the Civil War, and the economics of Seigniorage. David and Bryan also discuss how both the North and the South financed the war and why the South made some counterintuitive decisions in how they conducted monetary policy.

Transcript for the episode: https://www.mercatus.org/bridge/podcasts/03292019/civil-war-and-economics-seigniorage

Bryan's website: https://www.bryancutsinger.com/

Bryan's George Mason profile: https://economics.gmu.edu/people/bcutsing

Related Links:

*Seigniorage in the Civil War South* by Bryan Cutsinger and Joshua Ingber

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498318300470

*The Gold Standard as a Rule: An Essay in Exploration* by Michael Bordo and Finn Kydland

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0014498385710194

*Financial Failure and Confederate Defeat* by Douglas Ball

https://www.amazon.com/Financial-Failure-Confederate-Defeat-Douglas/dp/0252017552

David's blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David's Twitter: @DavidBeckworth

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