Richard Henry Timberlake Jr. (June 24, 1922 – May 22, 2020) was an American economist who was Professor of Economics at the University of Georgia for much of his career.
While many economists blamed the gold standard for the monetary collapse, Timberlake cited data that refutes the validity of their complaints.
Timberlake concluded that government interference with gold standard adjustments caused most of the trouble in the past, producing cycles of money growth and deflation, panic and depression.
[10] He was involved in the Harry Browne presidential campaign, writing and signing open letters advocating various positions, such as school choice and rejection of policies that would have raised taxes.
In the past he was a vocal and outspoken opponent of the science behind anthropogenic climate change, writing a number of op-ed pieces for the Athens Banner Herald.