Emile Phaneuf

Emile is a Research Associate for the Center for Market Education. He holds a Master’s (double degree) in Economics from OMMA Business School Madrid and from Universidad Francisco Marroquín as well as an MA in Political Science and a BA in International Relations from the University of Arkansas.

Before focusing on writing, Emile spent over a decade working in international business development around the world, first for the World Trade Center Arkansas, then in senior-level export management roles based in the United States and New Zealand for manufacturers in both the mining and food and beverage industries. As a younger man, Emile served as a Security Forces member in the United States Air Force, stationed in the United States and Japan.

Among other outlets, Emile’s articles and essays have been published by Bitcoin Magazine, Nasdaq, MSN, Independent Institute, Center for Market Education (CME), Zero Hedge, Quoth the Raven, Procesos de Mercado, Instituto Mises Brasil, and have been featured in RealClearPolicy, RealClearMarkets, RealClearHealth, and The Future of Freedom Foundation (FFF). He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society.

Follow Emile on Twitter: EconEmile

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    Hayek and Bitcoin

    “By seemingly enormous coincidence, Satoshi (assuming he was unaware at the time), would have probably been delighted to learn that in Hayek’s same ‘sly roundabout way’ video interview, he held up a copy of The Times newspaper and declared: ‘I read this everyday.’ Great minds think alike.” ~ Emile Phaneuf

    Hayek and Bitcoin

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    The Future Will Be Flatter than Ever

    “Thomas Friedman declared in his 2005 book The World is Flat, that the world is flat. This “flattening” (or leveling of the playing field, as we might think of it) continues today in radically new ways that Friedman may not have imagined.” ~ Emile Phaneuf

    The Future Will Be Flatter than Ever

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    Mises’s Regression Theorem, Bitcoin, and Subjective Value Theory

    “If value is subjective, and if a medium of exchange is a good like any other, then how can we say that a good could not first be valued by some person somewhere as a medium of exchange rather than for some other purpose beforehand?” ~ Emile Phaneuf III

    Mises’s Regression Theorem, Bitcoin, and Subjective Value Theory