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Alan Reynolds
Senior Fellow
Alan Reynolds is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and was formerly Director of Economic Research at the Hudson Institute. He served as Research Director with National Commission on Tax Reform and Economic Growth, an advisor to the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, and as a member of the OMB transition team in 1981. His studies have been published by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Joint Economic Committee, the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and St. Louis and the Australian Stock Exchange. Author of Income and Wealth (Greenwood Press 2006), he has written for numerous publications since 1971 including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Review, The New Republic, Fortune and The Harvard Business Review. A former columnist with Forbes and Reason, his weekly column is now nationally syndicated.
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To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: areynolds@cato.org
Books and Book Chapters
Income and Wealth (2006)
After Enron: Lessons for Public Policy: Chapter 3, "Political Responses to the Enron Scandal," and Chapter 17, "Compensation, Journalism, and Taxes" (2005)
Cato Studies
"Has U.S. Income Inequality Really Increased?," Policy Analysis no. 586, January 8, 2007.
"Deficits, Interest Rates, and Taxes: Myths and Realities," Policy Analysis no. 517, June 29, 2004.
"New Evidence on the Old Phillips Curve," by William A. Niskanen and Alan Reynolds, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 5, May 1, 2002.
"Do Budget Deficits Raise Long-Term Interest Rates?," Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 1, February 1, 2002.
"Microsoft's Appealing Case," by Robert A. Levy and Alan Reynolds, Policy Analysis no. 385, November 9, 2000.
Articles and Newsletters
"Should Tax Cuts on High Earnings Be Extended?" CQ Researcher, Vol. 20 No. 42, December 2010.
"The Misuse of Economic History: Flawed Analogies with Japan's "Liquidity Trap" and the Great Depression," Cato Journal, Fall 2009.
"Big Government and the Bailout: A Symposium," Claremont Review of Books (Winter 2008/09)
"Worse than a Bailout - A Blunder ," National Review, October 20, 2008
"Crises and Recoveries: Multinational Failures and National Successes," Cato Journal, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring/Summer 2003.
Opinion and Commentary
"Obama's Soak-the-Rich Tax Hikes Won't Work," The Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2011
"The Myth of Corporate Cash Hoarding," The Wall Street Journal, February 23, 2011
"Put Off Badly Needed Budget Cuts? Austerity Doesn't Mean No Growth," Investor's Business Daily, January 14, 2011
"Do Falling Home Prices Imperil Recovery?," Investor's Business Daily, December 31, 2010
"Taxes and the Top Percentile Myth," The Wall Street Journal, December 23, 2010
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"President Obama's Dubious Claims about Incomes of the Top 1% vs. the Bottom 90% ," April 26, 2011
"Correction: Charles Mahtesian at Politico Did NOT Agree with Chris Matthews," March 2, 2011
"A Wall Street Journal Column Understates the Size of U.S. Manufacturing," December 1, 2010
"Robert H. Frank's Non-argument for Higher Tax Rates ," December 1, 2010
"David Wessel's Curious Defense of the Fed's Ambiguous Mandate," November 24, 2010
Events
"Economic Stimulus: Facts and Fiction," February 4, 2008 [Capitol Hill Briefing]
"Has U.S. Income Inequality Increased?," January 11, 2007 [Policy Forum]
"24th Annual Monetary Conference: Federal Reserve Policy in the Face of Crises," November 16, 2006 [Conference]
Speeches and Testimony
"The Increasing Progressivity of U.S. Taxes: And the Shrinking Tax Base," Congressional Testimony, May 3, 2011.
"Taxes and Deficits: A 2008 Perspective," Free Market Forum at Hillsdale College, September 26-28, 2008.
"Taxes and Deficits," Speech, October 7, 2008.
"Monetary Policy by Trial and Error," Presented to Joint Economic Committee, March 2000.
"Toward Meaningful Tax Reform in Japan," Speech, April 6, 1998.
Multimedia
Alan Reynolds discusses his WSJ op-ed on soaking the rich on WBT's Tara Servatius Show (April 14, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 04:37]
Alan Reynolds discusses U.S. global economic dominance on KUOW (March 9, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 09:30]
Alan Reynolds on his WSJ op-ed on taxes on KMOX's The Mark Reardon Show (December 29, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 11:14]
Alan Reynolds discusses another stimulus package on TRN's The Savage Nation (September 14, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 10:09]
Alan Reynolds discusses the latest GDP numbers on TRN's The Jerry Doyle Show (August 27, 2010) [Media Highlights - Radio, 10:06]
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