Dr. Edward Hudgins
Edward Hudgins, Ph.D. is
Director of Advocacy at
The Atlas Society.
Ed is formerly director of regulatory studies for the Cato Institute and
editor of Regulation magazine, is an expert on the regulation of space
and transportation, pharmaceuticals, and labor. He served as a senior
economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and was
both deputy director for economic policy studies and director of the
Center for International Economic Growth at the Heritage Foundation. He
has testified on many occasions before Congress.
His opinion writing has been published in The Wall Street Journal,
Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer,
Journal of Commerce, Aviation Week & Space Technology,
among other publications. In
addition he is the best-selling author of
The Republican Party’s Civil War: Will Freedom Win?
He is the editor of
Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism,
Space: The Free Market Frontier, and two books on postal service
privatization. He also edited the collection
An Objectivist Secular Reader.
Ed has appeared on Dateline NBC, National Public Radio,
PBS, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC, and
Voice of America. He has a bachelor’s
degree from the University of Maryland, a master’s from American
University, and a doctorate from Catholic University in political
philosophy. He has taught at universities in the United States and in
Germany. He served as Washington director and then executive director of
The Atlas Society before taking up his current positions.
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Food Trucks Shrug! with Edward Hudgins.
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Space: The Free-Market Frontier. Interview with Edward Hudgins and
Ed Hudgins on the Ben Swann Radio Show.
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