Alan Reynolds (economist)
Alan Reynolds is one of the original supply-side economists.
He is 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, advisor to the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, and member of the Office of Management and Budget transition team in 1981.
His studies have been published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Joint Economic Committee, the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and St. Louis and the Australian Stock Exchange. The latter paper was influential in the decision by the Australian government to cut the capital gains tax rate, in 1999.
Reynolds received his A.B. in economics from UCLA in 1965 and pursued graduate studies at night at California State University, Sacramento from 1967 to 1970.
He is the author of Income and Wealth and The Microsoft Antitrust Appeal. He also wrote for numerous publications since 1971, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Post, National Review, The New Republic, Fortune, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Washington Times and The Harvard Business Review. Reynolds is a former columnist with Forbes, Reason and Creators Syndicate.Books
- Microsoft Antitrust Appeal
- After Enron: Lessons for Public Policy
- Income and Wealth
Articles and other contributions
- "What Do We Know About the Great Crash?", National Review
- "National Prosperity is No Mystery", Orbis
- "Capital Gains Tax: Analysis of Reform Options for Australia", Australian Stock Exchange
- "Monetary Policy by Trial and Error," in The Supply-Side Revolution 20 Years Later, Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress
- "What Really Happened in 1981?", The Independent Journal
- "The Conventional Hypothesis: Deficit Estimates, Savings Rates, Twin Deficits and Yield Curves", U.S. Treasury
- "The Top 1% of What?", The Wall Street Journal
- "Income Inequality Claims Ring Hollow When Correctly Examined", Budget and Tax News