Ed Crane is the founder and president of the Cato Institute. Under his leadership, the Cato Institute has grown to become one of the nation's most prominent public policy research organizations. Crane has been a pioneer in framing the political debate as one, not between liberal and conservative, but rather between civil society (the voluntary sector) and political society (government power). He was at the forefront of promoting personal accounts in lieu of the current Social Security system, and was one of the first national leaders of the term limits movement. Crane is the coeditor of several books, publisher of Regulation magazine, serves on the Board of U.S. Term Limits, and is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He is a chartered financial analyst and former vice president at Alliance Capital Management Corp. Crane's writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times and Forbes. He has been interviewed on NPR's Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation, C-SPAN's Washington Journal, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and other media. Crane holds a B.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
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"Term Limits," Chapter 8 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
Cato Handbook for Congress, coeditor (1999)
The Politics and Law of Term Limits, coeditor (1994)
Market Liberalism: A Paradigm for the 21st Century, coeditor (1993)
"Afghanistan: Lost Opportunity for the GOP?," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.
"Obamacare: Medical Malpractice," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2009.
"On Trees, Wind, and American Idol," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2008.
"Ayn Rand Was Right," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2007.
"Limited Government versus the Supreme Court," Cato Policy Report, July/August 2005.
"Ed Crane's Hopes for This Fine Publication," Daily Caller, January 11, 2010
"The GOP Should Dump the Neocons," Los Angeles Times, November 4, 2009
"Obama Is a Statist, Not a Socialist," National Review (Online), April 29, 2009
"No, a President Can't Do as He Pleases," by Edward H. Crane and Robert A. Levy, The Star-Ledger, February 13, 2008
"Is Hillary Clinton a Neocon?," Financial Times, July 11, 2007
"The Audacity of Hypocrisy," December 16, 2009
"Robert D. Novak, 1931-2009," August 18, 2009
"Fannie and Freddie: Socialist from the Start," September 8, 2008
"Lamont's Victory Exposes the True Nature of Campaign Finance "Reform"," August 9, 2006
"Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2009," October 29, 2009 [City Seminar]
"Freedom and Prosperity in Central and Eastern Europe: 20 Years after the Collapse of Communism," September 21, 2009 [Conference]
"Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2009," April 30, 2009 [City Seminar]
"One Man’s America: The Pleasures and Provocations of Our Singular Nation," July 24, 2008 [Book Forum]
"America: Our Next Chapter," June 12, 2008 [Book Forum]
"Opening Remarks for Beyond Prohibition Conference," October 5, 1999.
"An Optimistic Assessment of the Future of Liberty," September 1, 1999.
"Reinventing Government," April 6, 1995.
"Defending Civil Society," July 14, 1993.
Edward H. Crane discusses his L.A. Times article "The GOP Should Dump the Neocons" on TRN's The Laura Ingraham Show November 13, 2009 [Flash Audio, 23:09]
Edward H. Crane hosts the Eastern Europe event on C-SPAN September 21, 2009 [Flash Video, 52:28]
Edward H. Crane on Radio Infinita's The Breakfast Show with Carlisle Johnson August 13, 2009 [Flash Audio, 38:06]
Ed Crane frames the health care debate. June 23, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:08]
"Health Care: Framing the Debate" featuring Edward H. Crane, June 17, 2009 [Flash Audio, 06:34]