Thorsten Polleit

Thorsten Polleit, was Chief Economist of Degussa Goldhandel GmbH (www.degussa-goldhandel.de). From 1998 to 2012, he worked as an economist for ABN AMRO and Barclays Capital in Amsterdam, London and Frankfurt. Thorsten holds a diploma in economics and was awarded a doctorate in economics from the University of Münster in 1996. In September 2014 he was appointed Honorary Professor for economics at the University of Bayreuth (www.uni-bayreuth.de). Thorsten Polleit is an Adjunct Scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Auburn, US Alabama (www.mises.org), President of the Ludwig von Mises Institut Deutschland (www.misesde.org) and a founding member of the research network on The Role of Money in the Economy (ROME). In 2012 he co-founded an alternative investment fund (AIM), and he left the firm in April 2018. Thorsten Polleit writes frequently for various newspapers magazines and journals. His publication list can be found here. His research interests are monetary economics, capital market theory and, in particular, the Austrian School of Economics. His latest books are “Mit Geld zur Weltherrschaft” (2020, Finanzbuch Verlag), „Vom Intelligenten Investieren“ (2018, Finanzbuch Verlag) und „Ludwig von Mises – der kompromisslose Liberale (2018, F.A.Z-Verlag). ADDITIONAL BOOKS: Polleit, T., von Prollius, M. (2014), Geldreform, 3rd ed., Finanzbuch-Verlag. Polleit, T. (Hrsg.) (2013), Ludwig von Mises – Einführung in Leben und Werk, FinanzbuchVerlag. Polleit, T. (2010), Fluch des Papiergeldes, FinanzbuchVerlag. Belke, A., Polleit, T. (2009), Monetary Economics in Globalised Financial Markets, Springer.