Jerry Taylor
Senior Fellow
As a senior fellow, Jerry Taylor challenges the "market failure" critique of free markets as they pertain to energy policy and environmental protection. Under his direction, the Cato Institute has become an influential critic of federal and state environmental policy. Taylor is active on the lecture circuit and one of the most frequently cited experts in energy and environmental policy in the nation. He has served on numerous congressional advisory bodies and has testified over a dozen times at hearings on Capitol Hill. Taylor is the author of numerous studies and journal essays on energy and environmental issues, and has contributed to several anthologies, including Market Liberalism: A New Paradigm for the 21st Century, The Cato Handbook for Congress, and China as a Global Economic Power: Market Reforms and the New Millennium, and Earth Report 2000: Revisiting the True State of the Planet. He is a frequent contributor to prominent newspapers and magazines, and has written for the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. Additionally, Taylor is a regular commentator on Fox News Channel, CNBC, CNN, NPR, and the BBC.
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E-Mail: jtaylor@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
"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.
"Rethinking Electricity Restructuring," by Peter Van Doren and Jerry Taylor, Policy Analysis no. 530, November 30, 2004.
"Sustainable Development: A Dubious Solution in Search of a Problem," Policy Analysis no. 449, August 26, 2002.
Articles and Newsletters
"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)
"CNOOC Bid for Unocal No Threat to Energy Security," Free Trade Bulletin no. 19, July 19, 2005.
Opinion and Commentary
"Powering the Future," Los Angeles Times (Online), August 22, 2008
"No One Should Make Predictions," Los Angeles Times (Online), August 21, 2008
"Nukes to the Rescue?," Los Angeles Times (Online), August 20, 2008
"Pickens' Plan to Rig the Market," Los Angeles Times (Online), August 19, 2008
"Offshore Drilling Is a Risk Worth Taking," Los Angeles Times (Online), August 18, 2008
Events
"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]
"Global Warming: Some Convenient Facts," May 7, 2007 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Fact and Fiction about Gasoline Prices," June 30, 2006 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Cato Institute Perspectives 2006," April 12, 2006 [City Seminar]
Speeches and Testimony
"Global Warming: The Anatomy of a Debate," January 16, 1998.
"Environmentalism and Liberty," March 12, 1997.
"Environmentalism in a Market Economy: Creative Ideas," February 4, 1997.
Multimedia
Jerry Taylor discusses the effects of the Russia/Georgia conflict on the oil market on Bloomberg News August 13, 2008 [Flash Video, 04:18]
Jerry Taylor debates domestic oil drilling on CNBC's The Call August 11, 2008 [Flash Video, 07:08]
Jerry Taylor discusses the candidates’ energy proposals on NPR DC Affiliate WAMU’s, “The Diane Rehm Show” (August 6, 2008) [MP3]
Jerry Taylor discusses the windfall profits tax proposal on WIBA's "Upfront with Vicki McKenna" (August 4, 2008) [MP3]
Jerry Taylor discusses the T.Boone Picken energy plan on WUSA Channel 9 News July 23, 2008 [Flash Video, 01:34]