Vásquez has appeared on CNBC, NBC, C‑SPAN, CNN, Telemundo, Univision, and Canadian television, as well as NPR and Voice of America, discussing foreign policy and development issues.
He received his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University and his master’s degree from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He is the coauthor of the Human Freedom Index, editor of Global Fortune: The Stumble and Rise of World Capitalism, and coeditor of Perpetuating Poverty: The World Bank, the IMF, and the Developing World. He has testified numerous times in the US Congress on economic development issues.
Vásquez has been a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations and is a member of the Mont Pèlerin Society.