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Brink Lindsey
Vice President for Research
As Cato's vice president for research, Brink Lindsey helps to oversee the Institute's current research agenda and develops new research programs.He is also the senior editor of Cato Unbound, Cato's monthly web magazine, which he founded in 2005.From 1998 to 2004, he was director of Cato's Center for Trade Policy Studies, helping to make it a leading voice for free trade. An attorney with extensive experience in international trade regulation, Lindsey was formerly director of regulatory studies at Cato and senior editor of Regulation magazine.
He is the author of The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture. Previous books include Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism, and, with Daniel Ikenson, Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law.Lindsey's writings have been published widely in major newspapers and the leading political magazines, and he has appeared frequently on television and radio. He is a contributing editor at Reason magazine.
Lindsey holds an A.B. from Princeton University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
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E-Mail: blindsey@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America’s Politics and Culture (2007)
Antidumping Exposed: The Devilish Details of Unfair Trade Law by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson (2003)
Against the Dead Hand: The Uncertain Struggle for Global Capitalism (2002)
Cato Studies
"Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics: Economic Policies, Social Norms, and Income Inequality," White Paper, February 9, 2009.
"Job Losses and Trade: A Reality Check," Trade Briefing Paper no. 19, March 17, 2004.
"The Trade Front: Combating Terrorism with Open Markets," Trade Policy Analysis no. 24, August 5, 2003.
"Grounds for Complaint? Understanding the "Coffee Crisis"," Trade Briefing Paper no. 16, May 6, 2003.
"Reforming the Antidumping Agreement: A Road Map for WTO Negotiations," by Brink Lindsey and Daniel J. Ikenson, Trade Policy Analysis no. 21, December 11, 2002.
Articles and Newsletters
"How Prosperity Made Us More Libertarian," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2007.
Opinion and Commentary
"Right Is Wrong," Reason, July 12, 2010
"Another Culture War? No Thanks," American Prospect, July 2, 2010
"Nostalgianomics," Reason, May 26, 2009
"Culture of Success," Cato.org, February 28, 2008
"The Culture Gap," The Wall Street Journal, July 9, 2007
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Michael Lind's Economic Philistinism," June 16, 2009
"The Closing of the Conservative Mind," May 19, 2009
"Nostalgianomics: If the Shoe Fits...," February 11, 2009
"The End of Jacob Weisberg," October 20, 2008
"Follow Huckabee's Money," December 20, 2007
Events
"The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves," May 20, 2010 [Book Forum]
"The Science of Liberty: Democracy, Reason, and the Laws of Nature," February 24, 2010 [Book Forum]
"Create Your Own Economy: The Path to Prosperity in a Disordered World," August 4, 2009 [Book Forum]
"Red State, Blue State, Rich State, Poor State: Why Americans Vote the Way They Do," September 11, 2008 [Book Forum]
"The Age of Abundance: How Prosperity Transformed America's Politics and Culture," May 30, 2007 [Book Forum]
Multimedia
Brink Lindsey discusses trade on Bloomberg's Taking Stock December 9, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:39]
Brink Lindsey discusses several issues on Bloggingheads.tv August 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 59:11]
"Paul Krugman's Nostalgianomics" featuring Brink Lindsey, February 26, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:01]
Brink Lindsey discusses the challenges of the middle class on Boston's NPR Affiliate WBUR's On Point with Tom Ashbrook September 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 30:18]
Brink Lindsey on the Washington Chronicle talking about the economy. April 11, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:20]
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