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Jerry Taylor

Senior Fellow

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Jerry Taylor is among the most widely cited and influential critics of federal energy and environmental policy in the nation. Taylor is a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal and National Review and appears regularly on CNBC, NPR, Bloomberg Radio, the BBC, and Fox News. His op-eds on public policy have appeared in the pages of The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times and most other major dailies. His extended essays on energy policy have appeared in The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, The Columbia Journal of International Affairs, Limes: The Italian Journal of Geopolitics, The Milken Institute Review, and Regulation magazine.

Taylor has served on several congressional advisory bodies and has testified frequently on Capitol Hill regarding various energy and environmental policy matters. He is the author or coauthor of numerous Cato policy studies addressing energy taxes, the oil market, electricity regulation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable development, and trade and the environment. He has also contributed to several anthologies, including The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics (2007), Energy & American Society – 13 Myths (2007), The Republican Revolution 10 Years Later (2005), Earth Report 2000 (2000), China as a Global Economic Power (1997), and Market Liberalism (1993).

Taylor is a member of the International Association for Energy Economics and has refereed articles for their publication, The Energy Journal. He is also an adjunct scholar at the Institute for Energy Research.


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Books and Book Chapters

"The Delegation of Legislative Powers," Chapter 7 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

"Energy Policy," Chapter 43 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

"Environmental Policy," Chapter 44 of the Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th edition.

"Energy Myth Five — Price Signals are Insufficient to Induce Efficient Energy Investments," in Chapter 6 of Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths,(Springer, 2007).

"Energy," in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, ed by David Henderson (Liberty Fund, 2007).

Cato Studies

"Don't Increase Federal Gasoline Taxes—Abolish Them," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 598, August 7, 2007.

"Economic Amnesia: The Case against Oil Price Controls and Windfall Profit Taxes," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 561, January 12, 2006.

"The Case against the Strategic Petroleum Reserve," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Policy Analysis no. 555, November 21, 2005.

"CNOOC Bid for Unocal No Threat to Energy Security," Free Trade Bulletin no. 19, July 19, 2005.

"Rethinking Electricity Restructuring," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 530, November 30, 2004.

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Articles and Newsletters

"An Economic Critique of Corn-Ethanol Subsidies," Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Regional Economic Development, 2009, 5(1), pp. 78-97.

"The Energy Security Obsession," The Georgetown Journal of Law & Public Policy, Summer 2008, Vol. 6, No. 2.

"The Energy Security Obsession," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Limes: The Italian Journal of Geopolitics, November 23, 2007. (PDF, 76kb., 14 pp)

"Alternative Energy in the Dock," Public Policy for Debate, Ripon Society, Fall 2007. (PDF, 441kb., 8 pp)

"The Ethanol Boondoggle," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, The Milken Institute Review, First Quarter, 2007. (PDF, 894kb., 16 pp)

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Opinion and Commentary

"Market Power - The Mistake of Subsidizing Pet Energy Causes," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review, October 21, 2009

"Chumps for Clunkers," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, National Review (Online), August 7, 2009

"All Cost, No Benefit," USA Today, May 20, 2009

"Jack Kemp -- A Dissenting View," National Review (Online), May 11, 2009

"What Will Climate Change Cost Us?," by Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren, Cato.org, December 18, 2008

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Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts

"The President's New Cars," May 21, 2009

"Obama Administration Agrees with Cato on Auto Fuel Efficiency," March 9, 2009

"David Brooks — An Update," February 21, 2009

"David Brooks: Thumbs Up for the Housing Bailout," February 20, 2009

"Oil Price Collapse — Bad News?," February 20, 2009

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Events

"Cato Institute Policy Perspectives 2009," October 29, 2009 [City Seminar]

"Whither the Amazon?," December 2, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Strategic Petroleum Reserve: Reform or Elimination?," September 12, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"America's Drive for Energy Independence: Fueling the Oil Price Boom?," April 9, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Gusher of Lies: The Dangerous Delusions of "Energy Independence"," March 18, 2008 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Testimony

National Security Implications of the Possible Merger of the China National Offshore Oil Corporation with Unocal Corporation -- July 13, 2005

"Global Warming: The Anatomy of a Debate," January 16, 1998.

Fiscal Year 1998 Budget Authorization For Department Of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency Research And Development, And National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration -- April 9, 1997

"Environmentalism and Liberty," March 12, 1997.

"Environmentalism in a Market Economy: Creative Ideas," February 4, 1997.




Multimedia

Media Highlight Jerry Taylor discusses commodities speculation on BNN July 8, 2009 [Flash Video, 06:58]

Media Highlight Jerry Taylor speaks at a two day energy conference covered by WBLT's Evening News June 9, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:49]

Media Highlight Jerry Taylor discusses the new emissions standard on WLW's The Bill Cunningham Show May 24, 2009 [Flash Audio, 16:03]

Media Highlight Jerry Taylor discusses oil prices on BNN May 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 05:44]

Media Highlight Jerry Taylor Jerry Taylor discusses earth day on WIBA's Upfront with Vicki McKenna April 23, 2009 [Flash Audio, 10:59]

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