{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Daniel Smith and Alexander Salter on *Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions*","description":"Dan Smith is an associate professor of economics at Middle Tennessee State University and directs the Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU. Alex Salter is an associate professor of economics at Texas Tech University. Dan and Alex join David on a special live episode of Macro Musings to discuss their new book, Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions. Specifically, they discuss knowledge and incentive problems in setting monetary policy, what is meant by \u201crule of law,\u201d how to make monetary policy accountable, centralized versus decentralized forms of digital currencies, thoughts on free banking, and much more. &amp;nbsp; Transcript for the episode can be found  here. &amp;nbsp; Alex\u2019s Twitter: @alexwsalter Alex\u2019s website: https:\/\/www.awsalter.com\/ Alex\u2019s Free Market Institute profile: https:\/\/www.depts.ttu.edu\/freemarketinstitute\/people\/salter.php &amp;nbsp; Daniel\u2019s Twitter: @smithdanj1 Daniel\u2019s website: http:\/\/www.danieljosephsmith.com\/about.html Daniel\u2019s MTSU profile: https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/faculty\/daniel-j-smith &amp;nbsp; Related Links: &amp;nbsp; *Seigniorage in a Cross-Section of Countries* by Reid W. Click https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/2601207 &amp;nbsp; *Money and the Rule of Law: Generality and Predictability in Monetary Institutions* by Peter J. Boettke, Alexander William Salter, and Daniel J. Smith  https:\/\/www.cambridge.org\/core\/books\/money-and-the-rule-of-law\/C825E982EDE5BD2BE41A99464DC885DB &amp;nbsp; David\u2019s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com David\u2019s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth ","author_name":"Macro Musings with David Beckworth","author_url":"http:\/\/macromarketmusings.blogspot.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/19459688\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/105348290"}