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Alexander William Salter
Alexander William Salter is the Georgie G. Snyder associate professor of economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University and a researcher at TTU’s Free Market Institute. He also holds fellowships with the Independent Institute and the American Institute for Economic Research.
Alexander William Salter is the Georgie G. Snyder associate professor of economics in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University and a researcher at TTU’s Free Market Institute. He also holds fellowships with the Independent Institute and the American Institute for Economic Research.
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