Bryan Cutsinger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor Florida Atlantic University
- Boca Raton FL
Bryan Cutsinger's research focuses on monetary theory and history and political economy.
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His research focuses on monetary theory and history and political economy. His scholarly work has been published in Economics Letters, the European Economic Review, the European Review of Economic History, Explorations in Economic History, Public Choice, and the Southern Economic Journal. His popular writing has appeared in the City Journal, National Review, and the Wall Street Journal.
Cutsinger received his BA in economics from the University of Colorado at Boulder, and his MA and PhD. in economics from George Mason University, where he was awarded the William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics.
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Outstanding Faculty in Research, Norris-Vincent College of Business
2023
Best Paper in The Journal of Private Enterprise, Association of Private Enterprise Education
2020
William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics, George Mason University Department of Economics
2019
Education
George Mason University
Ph.D.
Economics
2019
George Mason University
M.A.
Economics
2017
University of Colorado
B.A.
Economics
2010
Affiliations
- American Institute for Economic Research : Sound Money Project Fellow
- Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise : Phil Smith Fellow
Selected Media Appearances
Homeowners plan to stay put amid uncertain climate, with 30% tapping into their home equity
Homes.com online
2025-10-14
"In real terms, people who locked in a mortgage have a real borrowing cost of essentially 3%. It’s not surprising that people would not be keen to sell their existing homes," said Bryan Cutsinger, an economics professor at Florida Atlantic University, adding those who do buy will likely have to pay more for less under existing interest rate conditions.
How Tampa price growth measures up with national inflation
WUSF NPR radio
2025-07-31
Bryan Cutsinger, an economics professor at Florida Atlantic University, said there are a couple of factors keeping inflation elevated nationally.
“Now that could be because you have some price pressures from tariffs, or you could have some lingering …pandemic money, … It could be that people are still spending off some excess balances,” he said. “Either way, we have a situation where inflation remains elevated.”
FAU Report: South Florida's economy outpaces national growth
ABC 25 WPBF tv
2025-07-30
“What we see is that the South Florida economy — particularly Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties — grew at a much faster rate than the overall U.S. economy,” said Bryan Cutsinger, an assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University. “In other words, if you think of GDP as our real income, right? So, income adjusted for inflation, our incomes are growing faster than the national average, or at least they were in 2023. And I suspect when we get the 2024 data, we'll see something similar.”
Auto expert says 'you can find some deals' on vehicles despite tariffs
NBC 5 WPTV tv
2025-04-18
"I think it's a worthwhile goal to have manufacturing in the U.S.," FAU professor Bryan Cutsinger said. "I'm not convinced that this approach is actually going to do that, however."
Best Low Interest Credit Cards
WalletHub online
2025-03-12
To get the low-down on low interest credit cards, we asked a panel of personal finance experts to share their thoughts on the following questions. Meet our panel and see what they had to say, below.
Florida economists believe increased tariffs will lead to increased prices
ABC 25 WPBF tv
2025-03-03
“You’re probably going to see prices go up for those goods that are made in those countries,” said Bryan Cutsinger, assistant professor of economics at Florida Atlantic University.
'On the Record': Executive orders
ABC 25 WPBF tv
2025-02-02
Experts suggest that these orders could impact future wages and business costs. If people expect wages to rise, businesses might face higher expenses, potentially affecting their operations.
Holiday shopping 2024: Why experts say spending will reach a record $902 per person
The Palm Beach Post online
2024-11-19
Bryan Cutsinger, assistant professor of economics at the Florida Atlantic University College of Business, says that, generally, they don't release their approach — they have some type of proprietary model that is not made publicly available.
Online grocery prices plunge 3.7% in August, report says
NBC 5 WPTV tv
2024-09-10
"I'm not all that surprised that we might actually see the prices responding more drastically on online retailers than we would in-store," Cutsinger said. "The reason is pretty straightforward. It's a lot easier for online retailers to change their prices because it's in digital format."
There Is No Such Thing as a Wage-Price Spiral
Cato Daily Podcast online
2024-04-02
The wage-price spiral is a popular explanation for why a temporary inflation might persist or even accelerate. Economist Bryan Cutsinger says the wage-price spiral narrative is unsupported by the empirical evidence.
Selected Articles
Reviewing the Federal Reserve's Framework
Southern Economic Journal2025
The Federal Reserve introduced a new monetary policy framework in August 2020. Shortly after, inflation picked up, reaching a 40‐year high of 7.0% in June 2022. We explain why prices have risen so high over the last few years, why they remain elevated, and how the Fed's monetary policy framework might be revised in light of this experience.
The Need for a Price Theory Revival
Journal of Private Enterprise2024
Is the time right for a price-theory revival? Recent prospects are encouraging, but there are significant challenges. We provide an overview of price-theoretic microeconomics, drawing on lessons from the Chicago, UCLA, and London-Vienna traditions. We also discuss contemporary scholarship about the place of price theory in economics education. Finally, we consider how to raise the relative status of price theory within the academy, which we view as a necessary but not sufficient condition for revitalizing price theory.
Assignats or death: The politics and dynamics of hyperinflation in revolutionary France
European Economic Review2023
Following a revolution precipitated by unsustainable government deficits, an explosion of paper money called the assignat caused a rapid increase in prices not seen in Europe again until the widespread adoption of discretionary fiat standards in the 20th century. The value of the assignat depended on the property the revolutionary government had expropriated to back it. The decision to retire the assignats from circulation using the revenue collected from the sale of the expropriated property was ultimately a political one. We examine how shifts in the political equilibrium affected the demand for the assignat and find evidence of two money demand shocks that correspond to the collapse of the political support for the assignats.
Seigniorage Payments and the Federal Reserves New Operating Regime (
Economics Letters2022
We consider the Federal Reserve’s remittances to the Treasury and extend the estimates offered by Barro (1982) and Jefferson (1998) to assess the net effect of the Fed’s new operating regime on seigniorage payments. Most measures indicate that the Fed’s new operating regime has increased the level of seigniorage and its relative importance in total tax receipts. Whether seigniorage from domestic and foreign holdings of U.S. currency has become more or less important as a source of revenue depends on the measure of seigniorage used.
