Thomas L. Hogan is an Associate Professor in the Center for Economics, Politics, and History at the University of Austin. He received a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University and an M.B.A. in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin. Dr. Hogan was formerly the chief economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. He has also worked at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy, Troy University, West Texas A&M University, the American Institute for Economic Research (AIER), the Cato Institute, the World Bank, Merrill Lynch’s commodity trading group, and for investment firms in the U.S. and Europe. Dr. Hogan’s research has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Macroeconomics and the Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. He has appeared on media outlets such as Fox News, CNBC, BBC World News, and National Public Radio (NPR). Dr. Hogan is a Senior Research Fellow with the Bitcoin Policy Institute (BPI) and an Associate Senior Research Fellow with AIER.