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Chris Edwards
Director of Tax Policy Studies
Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and an economist with the Tax Foundation. Edwards has testified to Congress on fiscal issues many times, and his articles on tax and budget policies have appeared in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and other major newspapers. He is the author of Downsizing the Federal Government and co-author of Global Tax Revolution. Edwards holds a B.A. and M.A. in economics, and he was a member of the Fiscal Future Commission of the National Academy of Sciences.
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E-Mail: cedwards@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
Global Tax Revolution: The Rise of Tax Competition and the Battle to Defend It (2008).
Downsizing the Federal Government (November 2005).
"Cutting Federal Spending," Chapter 4 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Fiscal Federalism," Chapter 5 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Privatization," Chapter 6 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Studies
"Federal Aid-to-State Programs Top 1,100," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 63, February 9, 2011.
"Fiscal Policy Report Card on America's Governors: 2010," Policy Analysis no. 668, September 30, 2010.
"Public-Sector Unions," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 61, March 17, 2010.
"National Academy Fiscal Future Report," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 60, January 1, 2010.
"Employee Compensation in State and Local Governments," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 59, January 1, 2010.
Articles and Newsletters
"The Case for Cuts," Cato Policy Report, vol. 33 no. 6, November/December 2011.
"Plunder! How Public Employee Unions Are Raiding Treasuries, Controlling Our Lives, and Bankrupting the Nation," Cato Journal, Spring/Summer 2010.
"Public Sector Unions and the Rising Costs of Employee Compensation," Cato Journal, Winter 2010.
"Do Budget Shortfalls Mean States Must Raise Taxes?," CQ Researcher, September 11, 2009
"Is the U.S. Corporate Tax in the Laffer Zone?," Tax Notes, December 10, 2007. (PDF, 48kb., 6 pp)
Opinion and Commentary
"No Free Lunch in Subsidy Programs," US News and World Report, December 9, 2011
"Keynesian Policies Have Failed," US News and World Report Online, December 2, 2011
"Infrastructure Projects to Fix the Economy? Don't Bank on It.," Washington Post, October 21, 2011
"Herman Cain: How about 15-15-15?," Daily Caller, October 14, 2011
"Steve Jobs: Exemplary Entrepreneur," Daily Caller, October 6, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Indian Gaming: The Lobbyists Always Win," February 9, 2012
"Unemployment Insurance Fraud: Chile Has Solution," February 8, 2012
"CBO Forecast Accuracy," February 6, 2012
"Has Congress Cut Any Spending Yet?," February 3, 2012
"Downsizing the Interior Department," February 2, 2012
Events
"President Obama's 2013 Budget," February 27, 2012 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Obama's Fiscal Commission and the GOP Budget Agenda," December 16, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Union Influence on Public Policy," July 28, 2010 [Policy Forum]
"Are Unions Good for America?," March 31, 2010 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Would a Deficit Task Force Fix the Budget or Punish Taxpayers?," December 15, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
Speeches and Testimony
"Federal Infrastructure Investment," Congressional Testimony, November 16, 2011.
"The Damaging Rise in Federal Spending and Debt," Congressional Testimony, September 20, 2011.
"Reducing Deficits by Cutting Spending," Congressional Testimony, July 26, 2011.
"The Stimulus Bill and Government Spending," Congressional Testimony, February 16, 2011.
"Challenges to U.S. Economic Recovery: Federal and State Spending," Congressional Testimony, February 3, 2011.
Multimedia
Congressional Budgeters' Rosy Outlook (February 3, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 06:27]
Chris Edwards discusses the CBO study on federal workers' pay on WBAL's C4 (February 1, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 07:30]
State of the Union 2012 (January 27, 2012) [Cato Video, 09:39]
Chris Edwards discusses Romney's tax travails on KPCC's Patt Morrison Show (January 19, 2012) [Media Highlights - Radio, 23:08]
Merging Wasteful Agencies Won't Shrink Government (January 13, 2012) [Daily Podcast, 06:13]
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