Phil Salin

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Philip Kenneth Salin (1949-1991) was a cyber-economist, a fan of science fiction, a prophetic futurist, and classical music lover. He was born and raised in San Rafael, California. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economy from UCLA in 1970, and a Master of Business Administration from Stanford University. Salin was the founder of the American Information Exchange (AMIX) and a proponent of private (non-governmental) space exploration and development.

Politically, Salin was a libertarian of the left-leaning (progressive) kind. His major influences and favorite writers included Robert A. Heinlein, Ayn Rand, Friedrich Hayek, Karl Popper, and other classical and neo-classical economists and political philosophers. He enjoyed fantasy, collected comic books, and read voluminously in all areas of fantasy and science fiction.

Salin's grandfather was Edgar Salin, an historian/economist/philosopher at Basel, Switzerland -- a leader of the so-called "Historical School" of political and social philosophy. Salin's father was Lothar Salin, a printer and public interest activist in San Rafael, California, and part of the General Semantics movement.

Some of Phil's papers are posted at http://www.philsalin.com

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