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Edward L. Hudgins

Adjunct Scholar

Hudgins is currently director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Objectivist Center. He is an expert on the regulation of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, labor, space and transportation and on state and international regulatory comparisons. He served as a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and was both deputy director for economic policy studies and director of the Center for International Economic Growth at the Heritage Foundation. He has testified on many occasions before Congress. His opinion writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Journal of Commerce, and Aviation Week & Space Technology. He has appeared on NBC's "Dateline NBC," National Public Radio, PBS, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and Voice of America. Hudgins has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, a master's from American University, and a doctorate from Catholic University. He has taught at universities in the United States and in Germany.

Media Contact: 202-842-0200 x800
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: ehudgins@cato.org

Speaking Topics

• Agriculture
• Airline Deregulation
• FDA and Drug Regulation
• International Regulation
• Labor Law and Regulation
• NASA and Space Policy
• Postal Service
• Privatization
• Regulation
• Regulatory Process
• Science and Space
• State and Local Regulations
• Transportation

Selected Media Appearances

Ed Hudgins discusses the NASA shuttle on FOX News . (August 2, 2005)

Ed Hudgins debates the New York state ban on cell phone use while driving on CNN's Burden of Proof. (June 26, 2001)

Ed Hudgins discusses the Casey Martin case and the ADA on MSBC's Hardball. (May 30, 2001)

Published Works by Edward L. Hudgins

Books

Space: The Free-Market Frontier, editor (2003).

Mail @ the Millennium: Will the Postal Service Go Private?, editor (2000).

The Last Monopoly: Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age, editor (1996).

Opinion and Commentary

"X-Prize Proves the Power of Entrepreneurship," A Cato Daily Commentary, October 7, 2004.

"Move Aside, NASA," A Cato Daily Commentary, January 28, 2004.

"Put Amtrak in Hands of Private Company ," the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 30, 2003.

"We Must Reach for the Stars," the Australian, February 3, 2003.

Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism, editor (1997)

"Put the Private Sector into Space," Journal of Commerce (1998)

"Mercosur Gets a 'Not Guilty' on Trade Diversion," the Wall Street Journal (1997)

"State Regulatory Measures," Regulation (1996)

"Handicapping Freedom: The Americans with Disabilities Act," Regulation (1995)