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Jeffrey A. Miron
Senior Fellow
Jeffrey A. Miron is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and the Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. His area of expertise is the economics of libertarianism, with particular emphasis on the economics of illegal drugs. Miron has served on the faculty at the University of Michigan and as a visiting professor at the Sloan School of Management, M.I.T. and the Department of Economics, Harvard University. From 1992-1998, he was chairman of the Department of Economics at Boston University. He is the author of Drug War Crimes: The Consequences of Prohibition and The Economics of Seasonal Cycles, in addition to numerous opeds and journal articles. He has been the recipient of an Olin Fellowship from the National Bureau of Economic Research, an Earhart Foundation Fellowship, and a Sloan Foundation Faculty Research Fellowship. Miron received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Swarthmore College in 1979 and a Ph.D. in economics from M.I.T. in 1984.
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"Did Deregulation Cause the Financial Crisis?," Cato Policy Report, July/August 2009.
Opinion and Commentary
"Leave Mideast, End Terrorism," Christian Science Monitor, January 28, 2010
"Bailing out the Banks Was Wrong, but New Tax Won't Make It Right," Investor's Business Daily, January 14, 2010
"A Real Stimulus," National Review (Online), January 13, 2010
"Did the Stimulus Work?," The New York Times, November 1, 2009
"Public Option: Treatment Worse Than the Disease," CNN.com, October 29, 2009
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"A 10-Point, Libertarian, SOTU Address," January 27, 2010
"'Letting the Sick Die on the Street'," November 3, 2009
"The Fed and Policy Uncertainty," October 27, 2009
"Emergency Aid to Seniors? No Way," October 15, 2009
"Perpetuating Bad Housing Policy," October 12, 2009
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Jeffrey A. Miron discusses President's budget on CNBC's The Call February 1, 2010 [Flash Video, 06:04]
Jeffrey A. Miron discusses job creation on CBS January 28, 2010 [Flash Video, 01:47]
Jeffrey A. Miron discusses the State of the Union address on NPR affiliate KPCC's AirTalk with Larry Mantle January 28, 2010 [Flash Audio, 09:45]
Jeffrey A. Miron discusses the State of the Union address on KXL's The Lars Larson Show January 28, 2010 [Flash Audio, 07:03]
Jeffrey A. Miron discusses a possible second stimulus on WBAL's The Ron Smith Show January 13, 2010 [Flash Audio, 08:27]
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