Doug French

Douglas E. French

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.

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 the author of Early Speculative Bubbles, the first major empirical study of the relationship between early bubbles and the money supply.