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Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
Senior Fellow
Gerald O’Driscoll is a widely quoted expert on banking and monetary policy. Previously the director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation, O’Driscoll was senior editor of the annual Index of Economic Freedom, co-published by Heritage and The Wall Street Journal. He has also served as vice president and director of policy analysis at Citigroup, and vice president and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He has also served as staff director of the Congressionally mandated Meltzer Commission on international financial institutions. He is widely published widely in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal. He has appeared on national radio and television, including Fox Business News, CNBC and Bloomberg. With a dozen years experience as a university professor, O’Driscoll speaks regularly at academic conferences and universities. O’Driscoll holds a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from UCLA.
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Books and Book Chapters
2003 Index of Economic Freedom, with Edwin J. Feulner and Mary Anastasia O’Grady
2002 Index of Economic Freedom, with Kim R. Holmes and Mary Anastasia O’Grady
2001 Index of Economic Freedom with Kim R. Holmes and Melanie Kirkpatrick
2000 Index of Economic Freedom with Kim R. Holmes and Melanie Kirkpatrick
The Economics of Time and Ignorance (1985), co-authored with Mario J. Rizzo
Cato Studies
"Asset Bubbles and Their Consequences," Briefing Paper no. 103, May 20, 2008.
"Property Rights: The Key to Economic Development," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and W. Lee Hoskins, Policy Analysis no. 482, August 7, 2003.
Articles and Newsletters
"China: Just Say No to Monetary Protectionism," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and Lee Hoskins, Free Trade Bulletin no. 6, January 15, 2004.
"The Case for Market-Based Regulation," with Lee Hoskins, Cato Journal 26 (3): Fall 2006.
"Theories of Financial Disturbance: An Examination of Critical Theories of Finance from Adam Smith to the Present Day," Reviewed for EH.NET by Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr.
"International Trade and Global Stability," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Cato Institute, and Sarah F. Cooper, American Institute for Economic Research
Opinion and Commentary
"To Prevent Bubbles, Restrain the Fed," The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2008
"Greenspan Shocked," Foundation for Economic Education, October 28, 2008
"Fannie/Freddie Bailout Baloney," New York Post, September 9, 2008
"Washington Is Quietly Repudiating Its Debts," The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2008
"Treasury's Thieves," New York Post, July 23, 2008
Multimedia
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses Paulson's latest plan on Bloomberg TV November 12, 2008 [Flash Video, 08:17]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses interest rates on FOX Business Network October 29, 2008 [Flash Video, 24:25]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses the fallout of the bailout on FOX Business Network's "Cavuto" October 24, 2008 [Flash Video, 03:24]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses the banking crisis on WBAL Radio October 14, 2008 [Flash Audio, 15:44]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses a fed rate cut on CNBC's "The Call" October 7, 2008 [Flash Video, 04:34]