Experts

The Independent Institute works with a variety of scholars and policy analysts. To arrange interviews with our experts, please contact the Public Affairs Department. View by Topic
Dominick T. Armentano		Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Entrepreneurship, Regulation and Deregulation
David T. Beito		Civil and Economic Liberties, Money and Banking, Taxation, Urban Issues, War and Peace, Welfare and Charity
Daniel K. Benjamin		Health and Safety Regulation, Environment, Legal Liability, Privatization
Bruce L. Benson		Criminal Justice, Environmental Issues, Legal Liability, Policing, Prisons and Corrections. Privatization. Taxes and Public Finance, War On Drugs
Donald J. Boudreax		Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Illicit Drug Policy, Regulation, Entrepreneurship, Taxation
Thomas DiLorenzo		Government Growth, Legal Liability, Philanthropy and Charity, Policing and Criminal Justice, Prisons and Corrections, Privatization, Taxation and Public Finance, War and Peace, War On Drugs
Donald A. Downs		Academic Freedom, Civil Liberties, First Amendment, Higher Education, Political Correctness, Speech Codes
Ivan Eland		Arms Control, Civil Liberties, Defense Economics, Foreign Aid, Foreign Policy and National Security, Government Growth, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons, World Trade
Richard Epstein		Civil and Contract Law, Takings and Eminent Domain, Taxation, Corporate Law, Business Regulation. Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence, Legal History, Privacy Law, Tort Law, Complex Litigation, Political Theory, Property Rights, Taxation
Fred Foldvary		Economic Issues, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, Transportation Economics and Policy, Social Ethics, Real Estate Economics
H.E. Frech		Health Care Economics, Regulation, Competition, Monopoly, Insurance, Industrial Organization, Land Use Controls
Peter Gordon		Economic Policy, Environmental Issues, Land Use Planning, Privatization, Transportation, Urban Development and Economics
David D. Haddock		Environment, Native American Issues, Legal Liability
Stephen P. Halbrook		Constitutional Law, the Bill of Rights, Second Amendment and Gun Control
Ronald Hamowy		Healthcare (Medical Profession and Programs), Economics (F.A. Hayek and Spontaneous Order), Foreign Policy (Canada)
Steve H. Hanke		Argentina and Latin America, Balkans, Currency Regimes and Capital Controls, International Economics and Development, International Monetary Policy, Foreign Aid, World Trade
Robert Higgs		Defense Economic, Economic Issues, Environmental Issues, FDA and Healthcare, Privatization, Property Rights, Race Issues, Regulation and Deregulation, War and Peace
Randall G. Holcombe		Constitutional Law, Philanthropy, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, Urban Issues
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel		Constitution/Bill of Rights (History), Government Growth, Property Rights, War and Peace, Defense Policy, Economics: Macro, History, Banking, Money, Business Cycles
David Isenberg		Military, Foreign Policy, National and International Security
Gail Jensen		Healthcare Economics, Medical Insurance Regulation
Don B. Kates, Jr.		The Bill of Rights, Civil Liberties, Gun control, The Second Amendment, Victimless crimes
Daniel Klein		Consumer Protection, Toll Roads, Urban Transit, Auto Emissions, Credit Reporting, The Food and Drug Administration, Regulation and Deregulation
Michael I. Krauss		Products Liability, Affirmative Action, Tort Law, Medical Malpractice, Legal Ethics
Dwight R. Lee		Environmental Economics, Education, Political Decision Making, Law and Economics, Labor Economics, World Trade
Pierre Lemieux		The Right To Keep and Bear Arms, Civil Liberties, Individual Rights, Nanny State and Public Health, Victimless Crimes, Insider Trading, Anarcho-Capitalist and Libertarian Political Theory
Stan J. Liebowitz		Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, High Technology, Information Networks, Intellectual Property Rights
Tibor R. Machan		Civil Liberties, Business Ethics, Legal Liability, Property Rights
Stephen E. Margolis		Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, High Technology, Information Networks, Intellectual Property Rights
William Marina		Civil Liberties, Education, Government Growth and Power, Guerilla Movements and War, Latin America, U.S. Defense and Foreign Policy
Fred S. McChesney		Business and Corporate Law, Special Interest Politics, Property Rights, Regulation and Deregulation, Antitrust and Competition
Wendy McElroy		Affirmative Action, Children’s and Parents’ Rights, Civil Liberties, Economic Issues, Education, Pornography and First Amendment, Privatization, War and Peace, Women’s Issues
Roger E. Meiners		Criminal Justice, Economic Policy, Environmental Issues, Higher Education, Land Use, Legal Liability, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation
John Merrifield		Cost-Benefit Analysis, Economics, Project Impact Assessment, Environment, Protectionism, State and Local Taxation
Robert J. Michaels		Antitrust, Competition, Monopoly, Electricity, Natural Gas, Energy Regulation
Jeffrey A. Miron		The War on Drugs, Crime
Mike Moore		Military Weaponization of Space, Arms Control, Cold War History
Michael A. Morrisey		Health Care Economics and Policy, Regulation and Deregulation
Andrew P. Morriss		Agriculture, Air Pollution, Legal Liability, Meat Safety, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Transportation Economics and Policy, War On Drugs
Robert Nelson		Environmental Policy, Public Land, Land Use
Randal O’Toole		Environment
Charles V. Peña		Arms Control, Defense Economics, Foreign Policy and National Security, Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Weapons
Ben Powell		Economic Policy, Free Trade, Housing
Adam Pritchard		Asset Forfeiture, Legal Liability, Taxes and Public Finance
Sheldon Richman		Public Education, Taxation , Regulation, Foreign Policy
Paul Craig Roberts		Criminal Justice, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Liability, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance, War and Peace
Robert A. Rogowsky		International Trade
Gabriel Roth		Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Transportation Economics and Policy
Paul H. Rubin		International Trade, Competition, and Regulation, Contract Law, Consumer Protection, Economic Issues, Health Care Issues, Legal Liability, Property Right, Regulation and Deregulation, World Trade
Randall R. Rucker		Agriculture, Forestry, Land Use
Larry J. Sechrest		Monetary Theory, Business Cycles, Law and Economics, Economic History, Maritime History
William F. Shughart II		Antitrust and Competition, Economics and Interest Group Politics, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance
Randy Simmons		Environment, Endangered Species, Land Use, Politics, Privatization
S. Fred Singer		Energy Policy, Environmental Issues, Global Warming and Climate Science, Regulation and Deregulation
John W. Sommer		Economic Development, Higher Education, Science Policy, Privatization
Shirley V. Svorny		Education, Health Care Economics and Policy, Regulation and Deregulation, Urban Issues
Alex Tabarrok		Civil Liberties, Civil Justice, FDA, Crime, Criminal Justice, Prisons, Corrections, Education, Healthcare, Tort Law, Elections, Voting, Privatization, Intellectual Property Rights
Mark Thornton		Illicit Drug Policy, Alcohol, Money and Banking, Taxation
Charlotte Twight		Civil Liberties, Privacy, Government Growth, Special-Interest Politics, Defense Economics
Alvaro Vargas Llosa		Civil and Economic Liberties, Economic Development, Latin America, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, War On Drugs, World Trade
Richard K. Vedder		Economic Issues, Education, Employment and Labor, Fiscal Policy, Immigration, Privatization, Regulation and Deregulation, Taxation and Public Finance
William J. Watkins, Jr.		Civil Liberties, Patriot Act, Federalism, American Revolution, Healthcare
John T. Wenders		Regulatory Economics, Telecommunications, Public Education, Electric Power, Urban Water, Antitrust
Lawrence H. White		Economic History, Money and Banking
Douglas Glen Whitman		Alcohol Regulation, Competition Monopoly, Economic Policy, Regulation and Deregulation
Bruce Yandle		Antitrust and Competition, Economic Issues, Land Use, Environmental Issues, Legal Liability, Privatization, Special-Interest Politics, Taxation and Public Finance