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James A. Dorn

Vice President for Academic Affairs

Cato's vice president for academic affairs James A. Dorn is editor of the Cato Journal and director of Cato's annual monetary conference. His research interests include trade and human rights, economic reform in China, and the future of money. He directed Cato's Project on Civil Society from 1993 to 1995. From 1984 to 1990, he served on the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars. He has edited ten books, and his articles have appeared in numerous publications. He has lectured in Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Russia, and Switzerland and has directed international conferences in London, Shanghai, Moscow, and Mexico City. He has been a visiting scholar at the Central European University in Prague and at Fudan University in Shanghai and is currently professor of economics at Towson University in Maryland. Dorn holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Virginia.

Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5294
E-Mail: jdorn@cato.org

Speaking Topics

• Banking Law and Regulation
• Capital Controls
• Currency Regimes
• Development Economics
• East Asia and the Pacific
• Federal Reserve
• Libertarianism
• Monetary Policy
• Minimum Wage

Published Works by James A. Dorn

Featured Publications

"How Property Rights Would Benefit China's Private Sector" South China Morning Post, February 10, 2003.

"The Need to Engage China" Asian Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2002.

"Economic Development, Freedom, and Democracy: What Have We Learned?" Vital Speeches of the Day 68, September 15, 2002.

"Economic Development and Freedom: The Legacy of Peter Bauer" Cato Journal 22:2, Fall 2002.

"The Limits of Monetary Policy" Chapter 20 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108 Congress.

Books

China's Future: Constructive Partner or Emerging Threat?, coeditor (2000)

China in the New Millennium: Market Reforms and Social Development, editor (1998)

The Revolution in Development Economics, coeditor (s1998)

The Future of Money in the Information Age, editor (1997)

Economic Reform in China: Problems and Prospects, coeditor (1989)

Opinion and Commentary

"An Abuse of the Free Market," South China Morning Post, August 5, 2005.

"Have patience with Beijing," Australian Financial Review, July 25, 2005.

"Zhao’s Market-Liberal Vision," Apple Daily, January 26, 2005.

"Will China Sell the Dollar?" Apple Daily, December 15, 2004.

"Economic Freedom Must Lead the Way in Hong Kong," Apple Daily, November 24, 2004.

"Creating an Ownership Society: The Bush Challenge," the Australian Financial Review, November 9, 2004.

"China's Economic Miracle in Danger," the Standard (Hong Kong), November 8, 2004.

"Engagement Is Working," Apple Daily (Hong Kong), September 1, 2004.

"Ending Argentina's Addiction to Debt-Based Development," by James A. Dorn and Ian Vasquez, A Cato Daily Commentary, August 2, 2004.

"Hong Kong: World's Freest Economy," A Cato Daily Commentary, July 28, 2004.

"15 Years after Tiananmen," Investor's Business Daily, June 4, 2004.

"Remapping the 'Road to Serfdom,'" the Washington Times, March 14, 2004.

"Remapping the 'Road to Serfdom,'" the Washington Times, March 14, 2004.

"How Hong Kong Can Build A Great Society," the South China Morning Post, March 11, 2004.

"The Road to Serfdom after 60 Years," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 10, 2004.

"Lord Bauer Was Right," A Cato Daily Commentary, March 8, 2004.

"Peter Bauer Was On Target: Foreign Aid Sustains Poverty," Investor's Business Daily, February 23, 2004.

"A Fix for China's Pensions," the Asian Wall Street Journal, February 9, 2004.

"The Case for Market Liberalism," Investor's Business Daily, January 14, 2004.

"Opening the Door to Economic Freedom," the South China Morning Post, January 8, 2004.

"What Beijing needs to learn from Hong Kong," the South China Morning Post, September 26, 2003.

"Capital Freedom for China," the Asian Wall Street Journal, September 9, 2003.

"Free China, Float the Yuan," the Wall Street Journal Europe, September 3, 2003.

"The Future of Liberalism in China," the Washington Times, August 7, 2003.

"A New Mantra for China: Seek Truth From Freedom," the South China Morning Post, July 26, 2003.

"Relations with China," the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress Chapter 57.

"The Limits of Monetary Policy," the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress, Chapter 20.

"Liberalizing China's Financial Sector," chinaonline.com, December 6, 2002.

"The Need to Engage China," the Asian Wall Street Journal, October 9, 2002.

"Liberalizing China's financial sector," the Korea Herald, August 13, 2002.

"Bauer Power," A Cato Daily Commentary, May 10, 2002.

"P. T. Bauer's Market-Liberal Vision," A Cato Daily Commentary, April 23, 2002.

"China's Next Step to Prosperity," the Korea Herald, August 18, 2000.

"Free Trade Promotes Chinese Liberalism," by Ted Galen Carpenter and James A. Dorn, the Korea Herald, May 23, 2000.

"China Needs Market Taoism," the Korea Herald, December 7, 1999.

"A New Financial Architecture for China," the Korea Herald, October 30, 1999.

"Deepen U.S.-China Trade Ties," the Korea Herald, August 13, 1999.

"Hong Kong's Legacy," the Korea Herald, July 1, 1999.

"The Tao of Adam Smith," the Asian Wall Street Journal, 1997.

"Trade and Human Rights: The Case of China," in Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism, (National Book Network, 1997).