# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-selgin
# Generated: 2026-08-13T12:03:29.565Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-selgin"
name: "George Selgin"
slug: "george-selgin"
description: "George Selgin is an American economist. Before retiring in July, 2025, he was a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, the founding Director of its Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, and editor-in-chief of that Center's online publication, Alt-M. He is also Professor Emeritus of economics at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, an Honorary Professor at Francisco Marroquin University, and an associate editor of Econ Journal Watch. Selgin previously taught at George Mason University, the University of Hong Kong, and West Virginia University"
tagline: "American economist"
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gender: "male"
country:
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birthDate: "1957"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump