Dr. Antony P. Mueller was born in Germany where he obtained his doctorate in economics from the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is currently professor at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) in Brasil and academic director of the Instituto Mises Brasil. Antony Mueller is the founder of “The Continental Economics Institute” (www.continentaleconomics.com) and an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute USA. He maintains the blog Cash & Currencies (www.cashandcurrencies.blogspot.com). Write e-mail to antonymueller@yahoo.com.