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Thomas A. Firey
Managing Editor, Regulation; Cato Senior Editor
Thomas A. Firey is managing editor of the Cato Institute's magazine Regulation. He also is senior fellow for the Maryland Public Policy Institute. Firey has published op-eds in the New York Times, the Washington Post, USA Today, Hartford Courant, and the Baltimore Sun. Firey holds a bachelors in political science from St. Mary's College of Md., a masters in philosophy from Virginia Tech, and is pursuing a doctorate in economics at George Mason University.
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Articles and Newsletters
"Freedom and Its Digital Discontents: A Comment," Economist.com, March 29, 2008. (PDF, 31kb., 4 pp )
Opinion and Commentary
"The Best Solution Is to Do Nothing," Baltimore Sun, May 15, 2009
"Understanding the Gas-Tax Holiday," by Peter Van Doren and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, May 14, 2008
"The Fed Walks a Tightrope," by Jagadeesh Gokhale and Thomas A. Firey, Washington Post, April 24, 2008
"More Pain at the Pump," Baltimore Sun, March 13, 2008
"Californians Can Get a Better Casino Deal," by Jeff Hooke and Thomas A. Firey, Cato.org, January 30, 2008
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Remember When 'Liberals' Were Liberal?," June 16, 2011
"Gas Prices, Speculation, and the Price of Tea in China," April 14, 2011
"Pielke's Problem," March 11, 2011
"Hot Heads and Government Failure," October 7, 2010
"A Birthday Gift from Paul Krugman," August 20, 2010
Multimedia
What Did the New Deal Do? (January 27, 2009) [Daily Podcast, 08:04]
Congress and Midnight Regulations (January 9, 2009) [Daily Podcast, 08:33]
Thomas A. Firey discusses midnight regulations in the Bush administration on MPR's Midmorning w/ Kerri Miller (December 8, 2008) [Media Highlights - Radio, 39:04]
Thomas A. Firey discusses the BGE sale on WBAL's C4 (September 23, 2008) [Media Highlights - Radio, 18:16]
The Fix Is in for Retail Prices (August 26, 2008) [Daily Podcast, 06:05]
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