Richard B. McKenzie
Adjunct Scholar
Richard B. McKenzie teaches at the Graduate School of Management at the University of California at Irvine. He is an expert on trade, labor issues, airline deregulation, the minimum wage, gasoline pricing, and public finance and the author of The Paradox of Progress: Can Americans Regain Their Confidence in a Prosperous Future?
Cato Studies
"Microsoft's "Applications Barrier to Entry:" The Missing 70,000 Programs," Policy Analysis no. 380, August 31, 2000.
"America: What Went Right," Policy Analysis no. 172, June 1, 1992.
"Ending the Free Airplane Rides of Infants: A Myopic Method of Saving Lives," by Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee, Briefing Paper no. 11, August 30, 1990.
"The Twilight of Government Growth in a Competitive World Economy," Policy Analysis no. 111, August 19, 1988.
"The Emergence of the Service Economy: Fact or Artifact?," Policy Analysis no. 93, October 27, 1987.
Opinion and Commentary
"Microsoft's Illusory Barrier to Entry," Cato.org, September 2, 2000
"Economic Success Depends On Constant Failure," by Richard B. McKenzie and Dwight R. Lee, Cato.org, November 14, 1996