 | This article has multiple issues. Please helpimprove it or discuss these issues on thetalk page.(Learn how and when to remove these messages) (Learn how and when to remove this message)
|
Joseph T. Salerno | |
|---|---|
 Salerno in 2011 | |
| Born | 1950 (age 74–75) |
| Academic career | |
| Institution | Lubin Business School ofPace University |
| School or tradition | Austrian School |
| Alma mater | Rutgers University |
| Influences | Murray Rothbard |
Joseph T. Salerno (born 1950) is an AmericanAustrian Schooleconomist who is Professor Emeritus of Economics in the Finance and Graduate Economics departments at theLubin School of Business atPace University, Academic Vice President of the Ludwig vonMises Institute, and holds the John V. Denson II Endowed Professorship in the economics department atAuburn University. He earned his B.A. atBoston College and his M.A. and Ph.D. atRutgers University.
Salerno's parents immigrated to theUnited States fromItaly. As a child, he observed his "New DealDemocrat" father's disdain for a visiting relative from Italy who had declared himself a member of theItalian Communist Party. Salerno said that following the incident, he became a supporter ofBarry Goldwater's1964 presidential candidacy and a "full-fledged Goldwaterite."[1] Thereafter, Salerno decided that he wanted to studyeconomics. As an undergraduate atBoston College, he read an article written byMurray Rothbard and adopted what he describes as "the purelibertarian position...anarcho-capitalism." This, he stated, led to his interest in the Austrian School.[1]
Salerno has published op-eds online at mises.org, forbes.com, Christian Science Monitor, Wall Street Oasis, and Economic Policy Journal. He has appeared on Bloomberg Radio,C-SPAN, Fox News, and the Fox Business Networks.[2] Salerno's theories have been explicated byIsrael Kirzner in a survey of Austrian thought on entrepreneurship.[3]
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Other | |
