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# Tad DeHaven 

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Tad DeHaven is a policy analyst on general economic issues for the Cato Institute. Prior to that, he was a research analyst with the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. From 2008 to 2013, DeHaven was a policy analyst with Cato and co-editor of Cato’s Downsizing the Federal Government website. He’s a former deputy director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget and worked as a policy advisor in the U.S. Senate.

His articles have been published in the *Washington Post*, *Washington Times*, *New York Post*, *Wall Street Journal Online*, *National Review* and *Politico​.com*. He has appeared on the CBS Evening News, CNBC, CNN, C‑Span, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel, and NPR.

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