Johnson Center for Political Economy at Troy University and Chief Economist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.. Prior to this, he was an Assistant Professor of Economics at West Texas A&M University. Dr. Hogan earned his Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University in 2011 and his M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2007. Dr. Hogan wrote his dissertation on money, banking, and finance. He also specializes in international development and Austrian economics. His research interests include commercial banking, financial institutions, and monetary theory. Dr. Hogan has worked for Merrill Lynch's commodity trading group and as a derivatives trader for hedge funds in the U.S. and Europe. He is also a former consultant to the World Bank.