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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
"Money and the Present Crisis," Chapter 13, Cato Journal, Vol. 29, No. 1, Winter 2009 .
"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
"Did the Fed Cause the Housing Bubble?," The Wall Street Journal, March 27, 2009
"The Problem With 'Nationalization'," The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2009
"Dueling Threats," New York Post, December 18, 2008
"To Prevent Bubbles, Restrain the Fed," The Wall Street Journal, November 17, 2008
"Greenspan Shocked," Foundation for Economic Education, October 28, 2008
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Too Big to Fail," July 2, 2009
"A Libertarian Dilemma," June 12, 2009
"Tough Words," May 26, 2009
"Tarred by TARP," April 22, 2009
"The Fed Is Now Scared," March 27, 2009
Multimedia
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses housing on CNBC's Street Signs May 14, 2009 [Flash Video, 07:52]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses the upcoming Fed meeting on FBN's Countdown to the Closing Bell April 28, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:14]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses converting bank loans into equity stock on FBN's Cavuto April 20, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:58]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses the Fed on FBN April 8, 2009 [Flash Video, 04:58]
"Regime Uncertainty Puts Capital on Strike" featuring Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., March 10, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:18]