Alan Reynolds (born c. 1942) is one of the original supply-side

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s. He is Senior Fellow at the

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and was formerly Director of Economic Research at the Hudson Institute (1990–2000). He served as Research Director with National Commission on Tax Reform and Economic Growth (the

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), advisor to the National Commission on the Cost of Higher Education, and member of the

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transition team in 1981. His studies have been published by the

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, the

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, the Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta and St. Louis and the Australian Stock Exchange. The latter paper was influential in the decision by the

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to cut the

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rate, in 1999. Reynolds received his A.B. in economics from

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in 1965 and pursued graduate studies at night at

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from 1967 to 1970. He is the author of ''Income and Wealth'' (Greenwood Press 2006) and ''The Microsoft Antitrust Appeal'' (

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2001). 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.

Bibliography

Books

* ''Microsoft Antitrust Appeal'' (Hudson Institute, 2001) * ''After Enron: Lessons for Public Policy'' (Chapter 3, "Political Responses to the Enron Scandal," and Chapter 17, "Compensation, Journalism, and Taxes") * ''Income and Wealth'' (Greenwood Press, 2006)

Articles and other contributions

* "What Do We Know About the Great Crash?", ''National Review'' (Sept 9, 1979) * "National Prosperity is No Mystery", ''Orbis'' (Spring 1996) * "Capital Gains Tax: Analysis of Reform Options for Australia", Australian Stock Exchange (July 1999) * "Monetary Policy by Trial and Error," in ''The Supply-Side Revolution 20 Years Later'', Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress (March 2000) * "What Really Happened in 1981?", ''The Independent Journal'' (Fall 2000) (with Paul Craig Roberts) * "The Conventional Hypothesis: Deficit Estimates, Savings Rates, Twin Deficits and Yield Curves", U.S. Treasury (2004) * "The Top 1% of What?", ''The Wall Street Journal'' (December 15, 2006) * "Income Inequality Claims Ring Hollow When Correctly Examined", ''Budget and Tax News'' (May 2007)

References

External links

Podcasts of Reynolds' recent articles
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Reynolds, Alan American economists University of California, Los Angeles alumni Living people Supply-side economists Libertarian economists American libertarians 1940s births Year of birth missing (living people) Cato Institute people Hudson Institute