Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr.
Senior Fellow
Gerald O'Driscoll is a widely quoted expert on international economic issues, including trade, finance and economic development. Formerly the director of the Center for International Trade and Economics at the Heritage Foundation, O'Driscoll was senior editor of the annual Index of Economic Freedom, co-published by Heritage and The Wall Street Journal. He has also served as a vice president at both the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and Citigroup, and was staff director of the congressionally created Meltzer Commission on international financial institutions. He is published widely in leading publications, including The Wall Street Journal. He has appeared on national radio and television, including the Jim Lehrer News Hour. With a dozen years experience as a university professor, O'Driscoll speaks regularly at academic conferences and universities. He writes and speaks on such diverse topics as trade, foreign aid, the International Monetary Fund, and property rights. O'Driscoll holds a B.A. in Economics from Fordham University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from UCLA.
Cato Studies
"Asset Bubbles and Their Consequences," Briefing Paper no. 103, May 20, 2008.
"Property Rights: The Key to Economic Development," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and W. Lee Hoskins, Policy Analysis no. 482, August 7, 2003.
Articles and Newsletters
"China: Just Say No to Monetary Protectionism," by Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. and Lee Hoskins, Free Trade Bulletin no. 6, January 15, 2004.
Opinion and Commentary
"Washington Is Quietly Repudiating Its Debts," The Wall Street Journal, August 22, 2008
"Treasury's Thieves," New York Post, July 23, 2008
"End the Mortgage Duopoly," The Wall Street Journal, July 15, 2008
"Blame the Fed," Reason, May 5, 2008
"Inflation Alert," The Wall Street Journal, March 10, 2008
Multimedia
"Stagflationary Signals" featuring Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., August 19, 2008 [Flash Audio, 10:03]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses Fannie and Freddie on WOR’s “The Dolans” (July 26, 2008) [MP3]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. discusses Fannie and Freddie on WOR’s “The John Gambling Show” (July 25, 2008) [MP3]
"Inflation, Deflation and Asset Bubbles" featuring Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr., July 17, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:16]
Gerald P. O'Driscoll Jr. on the Jim Bohannon Show discussing Fannie and Freddie (July 16, 2008) [MP3]