Ivan Osorio is the books editor at the

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and a former senior

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, columnist and editor at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI) in

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He specializes in labor policy and

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n affairs. Before joining CEI, he wrote articles and policy studies for the

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. His work is regularly published in conservative,

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, and free-market periodicals such as '' National Review'', '' Human Events'', and the ''

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''. As a student at the

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, Osorio played

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in several punk rock bands, including Lethal Yellow, The Jeffersons, and Sick Dick and the Volkswagens. He is Nicaraguan American.

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Publications by Ivan OsorioArticles by Ivan Osorio published by ''Human Events''
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