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Ian Vásquez
Director, Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity
Ian Vásquez is the director of the Cato Institute's Center for Global Liberty and Prosperity. He is a member of the Mont Pelerin Society and has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Prior to joining the Cato Institute in 1992, Vásquez worked on inter-American issues at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Caribbean/Latin American Action. His articles have appeared in newspapers throughout the United States and Latin America including the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Times, the Miami Herald, the Financial Times, Investors' Business Daily, El Comercio (Peru), El Economista (Mexico), El Mercurio (Chile), and El Nuevo Herald (U.S.). Vásquez regularly appears on CNBC, NBC, C-SPAN Washington Journal, CNN en Español, Telemundo, Univision, and Canadian Television, as well as NPR and Voice of America. He received his bachelor's degree from Northwestern University and his master's degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
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E-Mail: ivasquez@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"Relations with Cuba," Chapter 57 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"U.S. Policy toward Latin America," Chapter 61 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Foreign Aid and Economic Development," Chapter 63 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.
"Development, Economic," in the The Encyclopedia of Libertarianism, edited by Ronald Hamowy (Sage, 2008).
"Comment," in Making Aid Work, edited by Abhijit Banerjee (Boston: MIT Press, 2007).
Cato Studies
"The New Approach to Foreign Aid: Is the Enthusiasm Warranted?," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 79, September 17, 2003.
"Reauthorize or Retire the Overseas Private Investment Corporation?," by Ian Vásquez and John Welborn, Foreign Policy Briefing no. 78, September 15, 2003.
"Rethinking the Export-Import Bank," by Aaron Lukas and Ian Vásquez, Trade Briefing Paper no. 15, March 12, 2002.
"Repairing the Lender-Borrower Relationship in International Finance," Foreign Policy Briefing no. 54, September 27, 1999.
"Washington's Dubious Crusade for Hemispheric Democracy," Policy Analysis no. 201, January 12, 1994.
Articles and Newsletters
"Peter Bauer: Blazing the Trail of Development," Econ Journal Watch, vol. 4, no. 2, May 2007.
"A Comment on Abhijit Banerjee's Views on Making Aid Work," by Ian Vásquez, Boston Review, July/August 2006.
"The Central Role of Economic Freedom in Democracy," Issues of Democracy, December 2005.
"A Retrospective on the Mexican Bailout," Cato Journal, vol. 21, no. 3, Winter 2002.
"Official Assistance, Economic Freedom, and Policy Change: Is Foreign Aid Like Champagne?," Cato Journal, vol. 18, no. 2, Fall 1998.
Opinion and Commentary
"Haiti's Real Crisis Is Poverty," Daily Caller, January 21, 2010
"Improving Peru," National Review (Online), December 14, 2007
"Government Failure in Peru," The Wall Street Journal, August 20, 2007
"Dysfunctional Bank," National Review, July 2, 2007
"Economic Freedom in the Arab World," Washington Times, December 22, 2005
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"Two Admirable Leaders in the Workers' Lib Movement," December 21, 2009
"A Dubious Record in Mexico's Drug War," December 9, 2009
"Climategate and Development Economics," December 7, 2009
"Cuban Blogger Yoani Sanchez Keeps Speaking Truth to Power," November 16, 2009
"A Georgian Constitution of Economic Liberty," November 12, 2009
Events
"Latin Americans and the West," December 9, 2009 [Book Forum]
"Time to End the Travel Embargo on Cuba," December 2, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"The 27th Annual Monetary Conference: Restoring Global Financial Stability," November 19, 2009 [Conference]
"The Failure of Social Policy in Venezuela," November 10, 2009 [Policy Forum]
"Money, Markets, and Sovereignty," May 19, 2009 [Book Forum]
Speeches and Testimony
"The Chilean Private Pension System," June 16, 2005.
"Re-Authorize or Retire the Export Import Bank?," May 8, 2001.
"Hispanics Would Disproportionately Benefit from Social Security Choice," Ian Vasquez, Given at the Hispanics and Social Security Conference, Cato Institute, May 21, 2002.
"The International Monetary Fund: Challenges and Contradictions," September 28, 1999.
"The International Monetary Fund: Has Congressional Conditionality Made It More Effective?," March 9, 1999.
Multimedia
Ian Vásquez discusses Obama's 2010 budget on Univision February 1, 2010 [Flash Video, 02:29]
Ian Vásquez discusses stimulus on Univision November 2, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:11]
Ian Vásquez discusses labor unions in Latin America on CNN Espanol October 24, 2009 [Flash Video, 04:08]
Ian Vásquez discusses the G-20 summit on Al Jazeera's Inside Story September 24, 2009 [Flash Video, 03:08]
Ian Vásquez discusses the G-20 Summit on Colombian National Public Radio September 24, 2009 [Flash Audio, 11:56]
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