Kevin Dowd: Free Banking, Central Banking and Banksterism

Kevin Dowd is professor of finance and economics at Durham University. He is a lifelong libertarian and his thinking is heavily influenced by Austrian and Public Choice economics. His main areas of interest are free banking, central banking and private money. Professor Dowd is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute, research fellow of the Independent Institute, senior fellow of the Adam Smith Institute and of the Cobden Centre for Honest Money and Social Progress, and member of Economists for Free Trade (formerly Economists for Brexit).

Professor Dowd received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Sheffield. His books include 'Measuring Market Risk', 'Competition and Finance', 'Current Issues in Monetary Theory and Policy', 'An Introduction to Market Risk Measurement', 'Money and The Market: Essays on Free Banking', 'Beyond Value at Risk: The New Science of Risk Management', 'The Experience of Free Banking', 'Laissez-Faire Banking', 'Private Money', and 'The State and the Monetary System'.

Professor Dowd's scholarly articles have appeared in such journals as Applied Economics, Canadian Journal of Economics, Economic Journal, Economic Modeling, Greek Economic Review, Journal of Economic Surveys, Journal of Macroeconomics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Oxford Economic Papers, Scottish Journal of Political Economy, Southern Economic Journal and The World Economy.