Edward J. Lopez
Policy Related Work

Will the real eminent domain reform please stand up? May 29, 2008
Op-ed calling on California to enact meaningful restrictions on economic development takings

Affordable Housing Laws Make Housing Less Affordable May 30, 2008
Op-ed describing theory and evidence that inclusionary zoning laws increase housing prices

Below-Market Housing Mandates as Takings: Measuring Their Impact
Policy Report, The Independent Institute, November 9, 2007
co-authored with Tom Means and Edward Stringham 

Kelo: Taking the E.D. out of economic development June 23, 2006
Op-ed against eminent domain for economic development takings

Open letter on immigration reform June 20, 2006
Independent Institute (one of 500+ signatories)

America's New Political Capital by Chris Suellentrop Slate.com
Citing my 2002 Review of Austrian Economics paper

Economia politica y capital politico tema de conferencia
Giving lectures at Universidad Francisco Marroquin, May 2005

Dear New York: Are Term Limits Worth It? 
(op-ed published in The American Enterprise magazine Online Hot Flash, Jan 2, 2002)

An Open Letter from Economists on the Estate Tax
   Authored by Milton Friedman
    Sponsored by National Taxpayers Union
    I am one of 278 economists to sign.

New Anti-Merger Theories: A Critique Cato Journal, Fall 2000, vol.20 no.2, p.1-20.
     An academic paper directly related to public policy.
     Independent Institute press release on this paper

Principles on Urban Sprawl (co-signer) 

A Mad Scramble at 30,000 Feet, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Foundation for Economic Education, February 2000.

Breaking Up Antitrust, The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty, Foundation for Economic Education, January 1997.

Open letter to President Clinton and Congress on Health Care Price controls
   Published in the Washington Post and other newspapers.
   One of 539 economists to sign.

Open letter to President Clinton on Antitrust Protectionism
   Published in the Washington Post and other newspapers.
   One of 240 economists to sign.

The Chart that Stopped the Clinton Health Care Plan
    Published as "Your Future Health Plan," The Wall Street Journal, October 13, 1993

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