We are pleased that Dr. Richard M. Ebeling, the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Ethics and Free Enterprise Leadership at The Citadel, in Charleston, South Carolina has agreed to be our guest. Dr. Ebeling is recognized as one of the leading members of the Austrian School of Economics. His most recent book, Monetary Central Planning and the State will be published in November 2015 by the Future of Freedom Foundation in eBook format.
He writes a regular column on political and economic policy issues on the news and commentary website, EpicTimes.
Dr. Ebeling is also the co-editor of When We Are Free, an anthology of essays devoted to the moral, political, and economic principles of the free society, and co-author of the five-volume, In Defense of Capitalism.
Prior to his appointment at The Citadel, Dr. Ebeling was professor of economics at Northwood University. He served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education, was the Ludwig von Mises Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College, and served as the vice president of the Future of Freedom Foundation.
In 1990-1991, Richard Ebeling frequently travelled to the former Soviet Union consulting with the government of Lithuania and with members of the Russian Parliament and the city of Moscow on the subject of free markets.
He lives with his wife, Anna, and their royal standard poodle, “Fritzie".