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Gerald P. O'Driscoll

Affiliation: Cato Institute

Gerald O’Driscoll is a widely quoted expert on banking and monetary policy. Previously the director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation, O’Driscoll was senior editor of the annual Index of Economic Freedom, co-published by Heritage and The Wall Street Journal. He has also served as vice president and director of policy analysis at Citigroup, and vice president and economic advisor at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. He has also served as staff director of the Congressionally mandated Meltzer Commission on international financial institutions.

He is widely published widely in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal. He has appeared on national radio and television, including Fox Business News, CNBC and Bloomberg. With a dozen years experience as a university professor, O’Driscoll speaks regularly at academic conferences and universities.

O’Driscoll holds a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from UCLA.

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Gerald P. O'Driscoll's Latest Articles | 13

Keynesian Death Spiral

Aug 5, 2011| 

In Wednesday’s Wall Street Journal, Kevin Hassett explains the economic logic against fiscal stimulus (“Stimulus Optimists vs. Economic Reality”). It’s a... Read »

Let Them Eat Chips

Feb 24, 2011| 

In today’s Wall Street Journal, David Wessel (“Capital” column, A5) revisits the question of whether current Fed policy is inflationary. He correctly states... Read »

The Fed Has No Clothes

Jan 18, 2011| 

Philadelphia Fed President Charles Plosser gave a major speech on Monday at the Central Bank of Chile.  In the polite language of central bankers, the speech... Read »

Inflation is Here

Jan 13, 2011| 2

“Prices Soar on Crop Woes” reads the headline in today’s Wall Street Journal. Global output of key crops such as corn, soybeans and wheat is down, and their... Read »

Texas Triumphant

Jan 9, 2011| 4

Actually what is triumphant is the economic model of low taxes, light regulation and economic liberty. As Michael Barone clarifies in yesterday’s (Weekend) Wall... Read »

Foreclosures

Sep 27, 2010| 

The New York Times reports that GMAC (now a subsidiary of Ally Financial) has admitted that it filed “dubious” financial documents. The problem goes beyond GMAC.... Read »

Existing Homes Plunged 27%… How Could this Happen?

Aug 24, 2010| 

The AP reports today that sales of existing homes plunged 27 percent, despite the lowest mortgage interest rates in history. How could this happen? Part of the... Read »

The Losers under Fed Policy

Jul 6, 2010| 

In Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal, George Melloan makes the case that savers and investors lose under the Fed’s low-interest policy.  He also argues that the... Read »

Canada’s Great Escape

Feb 9, 2010| 

There has been an earlier discussion of why Canada didn’t suffer a banking crisis. The Financial Times asked the same question in its January 30/31 issue. The... Read »

Seizing the Commanding Heights

Nov 25, 2009| 

On the Opinion page of yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, George Melloan spells out how government stimulus is stifling lending, crowding out private investment... Read »

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