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Bryan Cutsinger, Ph.D. - Florida Atlantic University. Boca Raton, FL, US

Bryan Cutsinger, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor | Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL, UNITED STATES

Bryan Cutsinger's research focuses on monetary theory and history and political economy.

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Bryan Cutsinger on Seigniorage and the Monetary Economics of the Civil War Free to Exchange | On the Economic Impact of Slavery & Civil War Economics The Gold Standard - Retrospect and Prospect | Book Discussion Panel Bryan Cutsinger and Louis Rouanet on the Politics and Dynamics of Hyperinflation in Revolutionary...

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Biography

Dr. Bryan Cutsinger is an assistant professor of economics in the College of Business at Florida Atlantic University and a Phil Smith Fellow at that institution’s Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise. He is also an Associate Editor of the journal Public Choice and a fellow of the Sound Money Project.

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 (7)

Monetary Theory

Political Economy

Mathematical Economics

Industrial Organization

Microeconometrics

Macroeconomics

Money and Banking

Accomplishments (3)

Outstanding Faculty in Research, Norris-Vincent College of Business (professional)

2023

Best Paper in The Journal of Private Enterprise, Association of Private Enterprise Education (professional)

2020

William P. Snavely Award for Outstanding Achievement in Graduate Studies in Economics, George Mason University Department of Economics (professional)

2019

Education (3)

George Mason University: Ph.D., Economics 2019

George Mason University: M.A., Economics 2017

University of Colorado: B.A., Economics 2010

Affiliations (2)

  • American Institute for Economic Research : Sound Money Project Fellow
  • Phil Smith Center for Free Enterprise : Phil Smith Fellow

Selected Media Appearances (6)

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.

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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.

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'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.

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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.

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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."

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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.

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Selected Articles (4)

Reviewing the Federal Reserve's Framework

Southern Economic Journal

2025 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.

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The Need for a Price Theory Revival

Journal of Private Enterprise

2024 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.

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Assignats or death: The politics and dynamics of hyperinflation in revolutionary France

European Economic Review

2023 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.

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Seigniorage Payments and the Federal Reserves New Operating Regime (

Economics Letters

2022 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.

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