Nicolás Cachanosky

Senior Fellow, Sound Money Project

Dr. Cachanosky is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise at The University of Texas at El Paso Woody L. Hunt College of Business. He is also Fellow of the UCEMA Friedman-Hayek Center for the Study of a Free Society. He served as President of the Association of Private Enterprise Education (APEE, 2021-2022) and in the Board of Directors at the Mont Pelerin Society (MPS, 2018-2022).

He earned a Licentiate in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina, a M.A. in Economics and Political Sciences from the Escuela Superior de Economía y Administración de Empresas (ESEADE), and his Ph.D. in Economics from Suffolk University, Boston, MA.

Dr. Cachanosky is author of Reflexiones Sobre la Economía Argentina (Instituto Acton Argentina, 2017), Monetary Equilibrium and Nominal Income Targeting (Routledge, 2019), and co-author of Austrian Capital Theory: A Modern Survey of the Essentials (Cambridge University Press, 2019), Capital and Finance: Theory and History (Routledge, 2020), and Dolarización: Una Solución para la Argentina (Editorial Claridad, 2022).

Dr. Cachanosky’s research has been published in outlets such as Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Public Choice, Journal of Institutional Economics, Quarterly Review of Economics and Finance, and Journal of the History of Economic Thought among other outlets.

The Regulatory Pendulum: Why Financial Rules Keep Missing the Mark

Until policymakers accept that financial regulation shifts risk rather than eliminates it, we will keep cycling through crisis, overreaction, unintended consequences, and the next crisis.

The Regulatory Pendulum: Why Financial Rules Keep Missing the Mark

Better Policy is Not Enough in Argentina

Milei’s reforms are a step in the right direction, but Argentina finds itself in familiar territory: economic instability, a volatile currency, and persistent uncertainty.

Better Policy is Not Enough in Argentina

Why the Erosion of Central Bank Independence Matters

The lesson from around the world is clear: countries that politicize their central banks pay a steep price.

Why the Erosion of Central Bank Independence Matters

One Big, Beautiful Tradeoff for the Fed

Raising the debt ceiling takes the Fed out of the reserve volatility frying pan—but may land it in the debt-monetization fire.

One Big, Beautiful Tradeoff for the Fed

Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions

The Federal Reserve is scrapping its asymmetric average inflation experiment. Will it help calm markets?

Fed Goes Back to Basics with Framework Revisions

No Return to the Old Balance Sheet, Fed’s Waller Says

One board member believes a larger balance sheet improves our systemic stability. How much is beyond the Fed's control?

No Return to the Old Balance Sheet, Fed’s Waller Says

Fed’s Bowman on the Risks of ‘Set It and Forget It’ Regulatory Culture

Old rules don’t always fit new risks, Michelle Bowman warns — and ignoring that could have real consequences.

Fed’s Bowman on the Risks of ‘Set It and Forget It’ Regulatory Culture

Trump v Powell: The Credibility Cost of Politicized Monetary Policy

Politicians might prefer lower interest rates, but the Fed must protect its fragile post-pandemic progress on prices. Credibility is hard earned and easily lost.

Trump v Powell: The Credibility Cost of Politicized Monetary Policy

‘Audit the Fed’: Meaning and Risks

The real risk in passing an “Audit the Fed” bill lies in the high likelihood of politicizing monetary policy even more.

‘Audit the Fed’: Meaning and Risks

The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization

Pegging the peso to the dollar not only solidifies economic improvement and lower inflation, but protects against future populist regimes.

The Ongoing Case for Argentine Dollarization