Edward L. Hudgins
Adjunct Scholar
Hudgins is currently director of the Washington, D.C., office of the Objectivist Center. He is an expert on the regulation of agriculture, pharmaceuticals, labor, space and transportation and on state and international regulatory comparisons. He served as a senior economist for the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress and was both deputy director for economic policy studies and director of the Center for International Economic Growth at the Heritage Foundation. He has testified on many occasions before Congress. His opinion writing has been published in the Wall Street Journal, Houston Chronicle, USA Today, Philadelphia Inquirer, Journal of Commerce, and Aviation Week & Space Technology. He has appeared on NBC's "Dateline NBC," National Public Radio, PBS, Fox News Channel, CNN, MSNBC and Voice of America. Hudgins has a bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland, a master's from American University, and a doctorate from Catholic University. He has taught at universities in the United States and in Germany.
Books and Book Chapters
Space: The Free-Market Frontier, editor (2003).
Mail @ the Millennium: Will the Postal Service Go Private?, editor (2000).
Freedom to Trade: Refuting the New Protectionism, editor (1997)
The Last Monopoly: Privatizing the Postal Service for the Information Age, editor (1996).
Cato Studies
"Should the United States "Weaponize" Space? Military and Commercial Implications," by Charles V. Peña and Edward L. Hudgins, Policy Analysis no. 427, March 18, 2002.
"A Plan to Liquidate Amtrak," by Joseph Vranich, Cornelius Chapman and Edward L. Hudgins, Policy Analysis no. 425, February 8, 2002.
"Help Passenger Rail by Privatizing Amtrak," by Joseph Vranich and Edward L. Hudgins, Policy Analysis no. 419, November 1, 2001.
"Martian Law," White Paper, August 15, 1998.
"Thinking About Martian Economics," White Paper, August 13, 1998.
Articles and Newsletters
"State Regulatory Measures," Regulation (1996)
"Handicapping Freedom: The Americans with Disabilities Act," Regulation (1995)
Opinion and Commentary
"X-Prize Proves the Power of Entrepreneurship," Cato.org, October 7, 2004
"Move Aside, NASA," Cato.org, January 28, 2004
"Put Amtrak in Hands of Private Company," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, September 30, 2003
"We Must Reach for the Stars," Australian, February 3, 2003
"Time to Liquidate Amtrak," by Cornelius Chapman, Edward L. Hudgins and Joseph Vranich, Cato.org, February 14, 2002
Events
"Space: The Free-Market Frontier," April 16, 2003 [Book Forum]
"Space: The Free-Market Frontier," March 15, 2001 [Conference]
Multimedia
"Mission to Mars?" featuring Edward L. Hudgins, August 1, 2006 [Flash Audio, 09:33]
Edward L. Hudgins discusses the NASA shuttle on FOX News (August 2, 2005) [Real Media]
Edward L. Hudgins debates the New York state ban on cell phone use while driving on CNN's Burden of Proof (June 26, 2001) [Real Media]
Edward L. Hudgins discusses the Casey Martin case and the ADA on MSBC's Hardball (May 30, 2001) [Real Media]