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Edward H. Crane
Founder and President
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.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
Books and Book Chapters
"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)
Articles and Newsletters
"OWS: Oh What Stench," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2011.
"Actually, We Are Not All in This Together," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2011.
"The Fallacy of a Cause Greater than Yourself," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2010.
"What We Have Here Is a Failure to Communicate," Cato Policy Report, May/June 2010.
"Afghanistan: Lost Opportunity for the GOP?," Cato Policy Report, November/December 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"Why Ron Paul Matters," The Wall Street Journal, December 31, 2011
"The GOP Presidential Debates: A Waterboarding Alternative," Forbes, November 18, 2011
"Job-Killing Politicians, Modern Military Hawks, and Hapless Central Banks," Forbes, September 14, 2011
"Greek Bailouts, Free Speech Impediments and a Faux Debt-Ceiling Wrestling Match," Forbes.com, July 19, 2011
"Actually, We're Not All in This Together," Forbes, May 20, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Gerson Gets It Wrong Again," May 16, 2011
"Just a Cog in the National Project," April 13, 2011
"Congratulations, Mario Vargas Llosa," October 7, 2010
"Brooks: Let the Bad Times Roll," September 20, 2010
"The Audacity of Hypocrisy," December 16, 2009
Events
"Ending the Global War on Drugs," November 15, 2011 [Conference]
"Limiting Government: What Washington Can Learn from Minnesota," May 25, 2011 [Policy Forum]
"Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan," March 18, 2010 [Conference]
"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]
Speeches and Testimony
"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.
Multimedia
Ed Crane's research on Social Security cited on The Rush Limbaugh Show (September 12, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 03:28]
Ed Crane on U.S. credit downgrade on KABC (August 8, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 12:05]
Limiting Government: What Washington Can Learn from Minnesota with Tim Pawlenty (May 25, 2011) [Events, 41:56]
Edward Crane discusses libertarian principles on The Neal Boortz Show (March 22, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 32:20]
Cato President Edward H. Crane talks about cutting federal intrusion. (March 4, 2011) [Cato Video, 13:07]
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