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

Oct 10, 2018
Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare
President Trump

Cut Corporate Taxes and Corporate Welfare

Feb 3, 2017
Columns

Timid GOP Postal Reforms

Jul 1, 2016
Privatize the USPS
USPS

Privatize the USPS

Apr 1, 2016
GOP Candidates and Spending Cuts
Columns

GOP Candidates and Spending Cuts

Aug 1, 2015
Obama Capital Gains Tax Proposal
Finance

Obama Capital Gains Tax Proposal

Jan 21, 2015
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Big Government

Highways and the Federal Gas Tax

Jan 14, 2015
Museum of Government Failure
Big Government

Museum of Government Failure

Jan 9, 2015
Finance

Senator Coburn’s Final Report

Jan 2, 2015
Columns

Improve Government: Repeal Aid to States

Dec 1, 2014
Columns

Highway Bill: The Unmentionable Option

Nov 17, 2014
Cato Institute

Make America Safer: Shut Down the Department of Homeland Security

Nov 3, 2014
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Columns

Accuracy of Macroeconomic Forecasts

Oct 20, 2014
Columns

Department of Homeland Security: Who Needs It?

Oct 19, 2014
Columns

Governors Make Fiscal Progress

Oct 13, 2014
Columns

Governor Brownback’s Tax Cuts

Oct 12, 2014
Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers
Big Government

Reagan and the Air Traffic Controllers

Sep 28, 2014
Cato Institute

Federal Highway Spending

Jul 7, 2014
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Cato Institute

Independence in 1776; Dependence in 2014

Jul 5, 2014
Border Patrol Spending
Finance

Border Patrol Spending

Jun 23, 2014
Federal Firing Rate by Department
Cato Institute

Federal Firing Rate by Department

Jun 9, 2014
Cato Institute

Bush’s Big Government Legacy: DHS

May 26, 2014
Mad Magazine vs. Hollywood
Cato Institute

Mad Magazine vs. Hollywood

May 12, 2014
WaPo’s Bridge Story Is Structurally Deficient
Cato Institute

WaPo’s Bridge Story Is Structurally Deficient

Apr 28, 2014
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Big Government

Government Keeps Growing

Apr 21, 2014
Ten Ways the Income Tax Harms Civil Liberties
Cato Institute

Ten Ways the Income Tax Harms Civil Liberties

Apr 14, 2014
Jeb Bush’s Fiscal Record
Budget

Jeb Bush’s Fiscal Record

Apr 13, 2014
Columns

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

Apr 7, 2014
Cato Institute

Bureaucracy, Boondoggles, and Bad Behavior

Mar 30, 2014
The Federal Spying Budget
Budget

The Federal Spying Budget

Mar 24, 2014
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Cato Institute

Folly of Federal Flood Insurance

Mar 2, 2014
Low Job Satisfaction in the Federal Bureaucracy
Cato Institute

Low Job Satisfaction in the Federal Bureaucracy

Dec 29, 2013
Cato Institute

More on the Ryan-Murray Budget Deal

Dec 16, 2013
Cato Institute

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

Dec 2, 2013
Back to Spending as Usual?
Cato Institute

Back to Spending as Usual?

Oct 21, 2013
Tea Party Republicans Resist D.C. Hazing
Cato Institute

Tea Party Republicans Resist D.C. Hazing

Oct 14, 2013
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The Income Tax: A Century Is Enough
Cato Institute

The Income Tax: A Century Is Enough

Oct 6, 2013
Cato Institute

Federal Spending and Debt, 1790 to 2050

Sep 24, 2013
Columns

Food Stamp Fraud and Twinkies

Apr 22, 2013
Columns

What to Cut Next

Mar 18, 2013
Columns

Are Spending Cuts Good Politics?

Feb 24, 2013
Columns

Obama’s Minimum Wage Plan

Feb 18, 2013
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Columns

Federal Infrastructure for Private Profit

Feb 13, 2013
Columns

Federal Spending Has Always Been Wasteful

Feb 11, 2013
Columns

Brick Wall of Local Bureaucracy

Jan 28, 2013
Columns

Obama Overplays “We” in Inaugural Speech

Jan 27, 2013
Columns

What Filibuster ‘Reform’ Is Really About

Dec 3, 2012
Columns

Hostess Bankruptcy: What Role Did Policy Play?

Nov 19, 2012
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Columns

Cut State Debt; End the Muni-Bond Exemption

Nov 4, 2012