Brian Domitrovic is the Richard S. Strong Scholar at the Laffer Center in Nashville. He is the author or editor of seven books including the standard history of supply-side economics, "Econoclasts" (2009). His new book, “Free Money: Bitcoin and the American Monetary Tradition,” co-authored with Benton Howser, is a monetary history of the United States from the perspective of private currency innovation. Brian holds a Ph.D. in history from Harvard University where he also did graduate work in economics. He is a contributor to Forbes.com and has taught at universities in Texas, Colorado, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.