Raymond Niles

Raymond C. Niles is Assistant Professor of Economics at St. John’s University. He is also Senior Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, the oldest economic research organization in the United States, where he writes a periodic column on economic affairs. Dr. Niles holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University and an MBA in Finance & Economics from the Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Niles worked on Wall Street as Senior Equity Research Analyst at Goldman Sachs, Schroders, and Citigroup, and as Managing Partner of a hedge fund investing in energy securities. Dr. Niles has authored scholarly journal and popular media articles, and contributed book chapters to several books, including The Morality of Finance, and Covid & the Economic Crisis. Niles is a member of the Board of Advisors of Saheb Architecture, PLC.Microeconomics
Macroeconomics
Economic History
History of Economic Thought
Business Cycle Theory
Austrian Economics
Money & Banking
Financial EconomicsAustrian Economics
Business Cycle Theory
History of Economic Thought
The intersection of banking and business cycles
History of gold-based banking and monetary systems
Bitcoin-based banking and monetary systems

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