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[[Chris Edwards]] is the director of tax policy studies at the [[Cato Institute]] and a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. | [[Chris Edwards]] is the director of tax policy studies at the [[Cato Institute]] and a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. | ||
| − | A former senior economist on the congressional [[Joint Economic Committee]] examining tax, budget and entrepreneurship issues, he has also worked as a consultant and manager with [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] and as an economist with the [[Tax Foundation]]. <ref> | + | A former senior economist on the congressional [[Joint Economic Committee]] examining tax, budget and entrepreneurship issues, he has also worked as a consultant and manager with [[PricewaterhouseCoopers]] and as an economist with the [[Tax Foundation]]. <ref name = ChrisEdwards>[http://www.cato.org/people/chris-edwards People], Cato Institute website. Last accessed 22 July 2014</ref> He currently sits on the Advisory Council of the [[Democracy Institute]]<ref>[http://www.democracyinstitute.org/AboutUs.htm 'About Us'], Democracy Institute website. Last accessed 22 July 2014.</ref> and is editor of www.downsizinggovernment.org.<ref name = ChrisEdwards/> |
In the Cato Institute's Tax and Budget Bulletin in March 2010, Edwards criticised the trade unions of the growing ‘parasitical public sector’ in defence of the private sector.<ref>[http://objectivistindividualist.blogspot.com/2010/03/chris-edwards-public-sector-unions.html ‘Public Sector Unions’], accessed 23 April 2010</ref> | In the Cato Institute's Tax and Budget Bulletin in March 2010, Edwards criticised the trade unions of the growing ‘parasitical public sector’ in defence of the private sector.<ref>[http://objectivistindividualist.blogspot.com/2010/03/chris-edwards-public-sector-unions.html ‘Public Sector Unions’], accessed 23 April 2010</ref> | ||
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| + | *Chris Edwards, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/infrastructure-projects-to-fix-the-economy-dont-bank-on-it/2011/10/18/gIQAgtZi3L_story.html 'Opinion: Infrastructure projects to fix the economy? Don’t bank on it'], ''Washington Post'', 21 October 2011. | ||
| + | *Chris Edwards, [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/11/AR2006081101566.html 'Federal Pay: Myth and Realities'], ''Washington post'', 13 August 2006. | ||
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| + | ==Affiliations== | ||
| + | *[[Cato Institute]] | ||
| + | *[[Democracy Institute]] | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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| + | [[Category: Think Tanker]] | ||
Revision as of 16:27, 22 July 2014
Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute and a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues.
A former senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee examining tax, budget and entrepreneurship issues, he has also worked as a consultant and manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers and as an economist with the Tax Foundation. [1] He currently sits on the Advisory Council of the Democracy Institute[2] and is editor of www.downsizinggovernment.org.[1]
In the Cato Institute's Tax and Budget Bulletin in March 2010, Edwards criticised the trade unions of the growing ‘parasitical public sector’ in defence of the private sector.[3]
Publications
- Chris Edwards, 'Opinion: Infrastructure projects to fix the economy? Don’t bank on it', Washington Post, 21 October 2011.
- Chris Edwards, 'Federal Pay: Myth and Realities', Washington post, 13 August 2006.
Affiliations
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 People, Cato Institute website. Last accessed 22 July 2014
- ↑ 'About Us', Democracy Institute website. Last accessed 22 July 2014.
- ↑ ‘Public Sector Unions’, accessed 23 April 2010
