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# Chris Edwards 

Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies and Editor, DownsizingGovernment.org 

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Chris Edwards occupies the Kilts Family Chair in Fiscal Studies at the Cato Institute and is the editor of *[Down​siz​ing​Gov​ern​ment​.org](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/)*. He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and an economist with the Tax Foundation.

Edwards has testified to Congress on fiscal issues many times, and his articles on tax and budget policies have appeared in the *Washington Post*, the *Wall Street Journal*, and other major newspapers. He is the author of [*Downsizing the Federal Government*](https://www.cato.org/store/books/downsizing-federal-government-hardback) and coauthor of [*Global Tax Revolution*](https://www.cato.org/store/books/global-tax-revolution-rise-tax-competition-battle-defend-it-hardback).

Edwards holds a BA in economics from the University of Waterloo and an MA in economics from George Mason University. He has served as a member of the Fiscal Future Commission of the National Academy of Sciences.

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