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| Affiliation | Libertarian |
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| Name | Edward H. Crane |
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| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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August 15, 1944
(79 years)
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| Contributor | Thomas Walker |
| Last Modifed | Thomas Walker
Dec 01, 2008 12:53pm |
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| Info | Founder of the CATO Institute.
Born: Aug. 15, 1944, in Los Angeles
Education: University of California at Berkeley (active in Youth for Goldwater — not exactly a popular cause at Berkeley); MBA from University of Southern California; also a chartered financial analyst
Family: Wife Kristina; children Geoffrey, 21; Kathleen, 18; Mary, 16
Professional background: Investment counselor, Scudder Stevens & Clark; vice president, Alliance Capital Management Corporation; national chairman, 1974-1977, Libertarian Party (and presidential campaign manager, 1976); founder and president, Cato Institute, 1977-present
Biggest influences: F.A. Hayek, Milton Friedman, Thomas Jefferson, George Mason, Ayn Rand
Favorite books: “In Pursuit: Of Happiness and Good Government” by Charles Murray; “The Discovery of Freedom” by Rose Wilder Lane; “Libertarianism: A Primer” by David Boaz
Quote to live by: “Buy low; sell high.”
What he likes about Washington: The Redskins (that’s pretty much it!)
Five policy prescriptions he would offer Barack Obama:
1. Get the United States out of Iraq.
2. Stop nationalizing the private sector through federal bailouts.
3. Get federal spending under control.
4. Reverse the unconstitutional assertions of executive power that were so prevalent under the Bush administration.
5. Make a push for Social Security reform. It’ll be difficult because of recent market fluctuations, but despite the turmoil, if a person retiring today had been able to invest his payroll taxes since 1964, he’d still have a better nest egg than what Social Security provides. And he’d at least own the account.
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