Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards

Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at the Cato Institute, and editor of www.DownsizingGovernment.org. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and an economist with the Tax Foundation.

Articles

Best and Worst Governors 2018
Governors

Best and Worst Governors 2018

Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare
President Trump

Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare

Columns

Timid GOP Postal Reforms

Privatize the USPS
USPS

Privatize the USPS

GOP Candidates and Spending Cuts
Columns

GOP Candidates and Spending Cuts

Obama Capital Gains Tax Proposal
Finance

Obama Capital Gains Tax Proposal

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Big Government

Highways and the Federal Gas Tax

Museum of Government Failure
Big Government

Museum of Government Failure

Finance

Senator Coburn’s Final Report

Columns

Improve Government: Repeal Aid to States

Columns

Highway Bill: The Unmentionable Option

Cato Institute

Make America Safer: Shut Down the Department of Homeland Security

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Columns

Accuracy of Macroeconomic Forecasts

Columns

Department of Homeland Security: Who Needs It?

Columns

Governors Make Fiscal Progress

Columns

Governor Brownback’s Tax Cuts

Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers
Big Government

Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers

Cato Institute

Federal Highway Spending

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Independence in 1776; Dependence in 2014

Border Patrol Spending
Finance

Border Patrol Spending

Federal Firing Rate by Department
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Federal Firing Rate by Department

Cato Institute

Bush’s Big Government Legacy: DHS

Mad Magazine vs. Hollywood
Cato Institute

Mad Magazine vs. Hollywood

WaPo’s Bridge Story Is Structurally Deficient
Cato Institute

WaPo’s Bridge Story Is Structurally Deficient

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Big Government

Government Keeps Growing

Ten Ways the Income Tax Harms Civil Liberties
Cato Institute

Ten Ways the Income Tax Harms Civil Liberties

Jeb Bush’s Fiscal Record
Budget

Jeb Bush’s Fiscal Record

Columns

What Do American Indians Deserve: Name Changes or Policy Changes?

Cato Institute

Bureaucracy, Boondoggles, and Bad Behavior

The Federal Spying Budget
Budget

The Federal Spying Budget

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Cato Institute

Folly of Federal Flood Insurance

Low Job Satisfaction in the Federal Bureaucracy
Cato Institute

Low Job Satisfaction in the Federal Bureaucracy

Cato Institute

More on the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal

Cato Institute

Congress Should Abolish the TSA — It’s Time to Privatize Airport Screening

Back to Spending as Usual?
Cato Institute

Back to Spending as Usual?

Tea Party Republicans Resist D.C. Hazing
Cato Institute

Tea Party Republicans Resist D.C. Hazing

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The Income Tax: A Century Is Enough
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The Income Tax: A Century Is Enough

Cato Institute

Federal Spending and Debt, 1790 to 2050

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Food Stamp Fraud and Twinkies

Columns

What to Cut Next

Columns

Are Spending Cuts Good Politics?

Columns

Obama’s Minimum Wage Plan

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Columns

Federal Infrastructure for Private Profit

Columns

Federal Spending Has Always Been Wasteful

Columns

Brick Wall of Local Bureaucracy

Columns

Obama Overplays “We” in Inaugural Speech

Columns

What Filibuster ‘Reform’ Is Really About

Columns

Hostess Bankruptcy: What Role Did Policy Play?

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Columns

Cut State Debt; End the Muni-Bond Exemption