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Douglas E. French is Senior Editor at Laissez Faire Club. He received his master's degree under the direction of Murray N. Rothbard at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, after many years in the business of banking.

He is a major supporter of the Mises Institute, and has served as its president (2009-2012). He is the sponsor of the Douglas E. French Prize for the student who emerges from the Mises University oral examinations with the best record, as chosen by the examining committee.

He is the author of two books, Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money, the first major empirical study of the relationship between early bubbles and the money supply, and Walk Away, a monograph assessing the philosophy and morality of strategic default.

Bibliography

Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2010. ISBN 978-1610161022
Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009. ISBN 978-1933550442

Links

Interviews
- "Douglas French on Ludwig von Mises and the Advancement of Free-Market Thinking" (republished here, here, here)
- "Douglas French of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute" interview, August 2010
- In Studio: "Walk Away" interview with Doug French, December 2010 (YouTube)

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-'''Douglas E. French''' is president of the [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]]. He received his master's degree under the direction of [[Murray N. Rothbard]] at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, after many years in the business of banking.
+'''Douglas E. French''' is Senior Editor at Laissez Faire Club. He received his master's degree under the direction of [[Murray N. Rothbard]] at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, after many years in the business of banking.
-He was a major supporter of the Mises Institute in the years leading up to assuming the position of president of the Mises Institute in 2009. His dramatic expansion priorities include development in every area of the Mises Institute's educational mission, online and at our physical location.
+He is a major supporter of the Mises Institute, and has served as its president (2009-2012). He is the sponsor of the Douglas E. French Prize for the student who emerges from the [[Mises University]] oral examinations with the best record, as chosen by the examining committee.
-He is the author of [http://mises.org/store/Early-Speculative-Bubbles-and-Increases-in-the-Supply-of-Money-P578.aspx Early Speculative Bubbles], the first major empirical study of the relationship between early bubbles and the money supply. He teaches in the [http://academy.mises.org Mises Academy] and writes regularly for the [http://mises.org/daily/author/627 Mises Daily].
+He is the author of two books, ''[[Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money]]'', the first major empirical study of the relationship between early [[bubble|bubbles]] and the [[money supply]], and ''[[Walk Away]]'', a monograph assessing the philosophy and morality of [[strategic default]].
-== External links ==
+==Bibliography==
-{{Contact staff|french@mises.com}}
+* ''[[Walk Away|Walk Away: The Rise and Fall of the Home-Ownership Myth]]''. [[Ludwig von Mises Institute]], 2010. ISBN 978-1610161022
+* ''[[Early Speculative Bubbles and Increases in the Supply of Money]]''. Ludwig von Mises Institute, 2009. ISBN 978-1933550442
+== Links ==
+* [https://freecapitalists.org/authors/doug-french/ Author page and works at the Liberty Archive]
 *[http://mises.org/fellow.aspx?id=27 Douglas E. French] at [[Mises Institute|Mises.org]]
+** [http://blog.mises.org/author/douglas_french/ Blog archive]
+** [http://mises.org/media.aspx?action=author&ID=627 Media archive]
+** [http://mises.org/literature.aspx?action=author&Id=627 Literature archive]
+** [http://mises.org/articles.aspx?AuthorId=627 Daily Article archive]
+* Interviews
+** [http://www.thedailybell.com/992/Douglas-French-on-Ludwig-von-Mises-and-the-Advancement-of-Free-Market-Thinking.html "Douglas French on Ludwig von Mises and the Advancement of Free-Market Thinking"] <small>(republished [http://mises.org/daily/4307 here], [http://blog.mises.org/12596/an-interview-with-doug-french/ here], [http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french130.html here])</small>
+** [http://twobeerswithsteve.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=637834 "Douglas French of the Ludwig Von Mises Institute"] interview, August 2010
+** In Studio: "Walk Away" interview with Doug French, December 2010 <small>([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uf5VEG56YC0 YouTube])</small>
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-[[Category:Mises Institute]]
+[[Category:Mises Institute staff members]]
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