Crane was a pioneer in framing the political debate as one not between liberal and conservative but between civil society (the voluntary sector) and political society (government power). He was at the forefront of promoting personal accounts in lieu of the current Social Security system and was one of the first national leaders of the term limits movement. Crane was the coeditor of several books, was the publisher of Regulation magazine, served on the boards of U.S. Term Limits and the Institute for Free Speech, and was a member of the Mont Pelerin Society. He was a chartered financial analyst and former vice president at Alliance Capital Management Corp. Crane’s writing was published in the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Forbes. He was interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation, C‑SPAN’s Washington Journal, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and other media.
Crane held a BS from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from the University of Southern California.
Crane died on February 10, 2026.