John Tamny
Economic Adviser; Political Economy Editor, Forbes; Editor, RealClearMarkets
SPEAKER FEE RANGE: $10,000–$15,000 [FEE NOTE]
TRAVELS FROM: District of Columbia
John Tamny is Director of the Center for Economic Freedom at FreedomWorks, and editor of RealClearMarkets. He frequently writes about the securities markets, along with tax, trade and monetary policy issues that impact those markets for a variety of publications including the Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, Financial Times, National Review and London’s Daily Telegraph. Tamny is the author of three books: Popular Economics (Regnery, 2015), Who Needs the Fed? (Encounter Books, 2016), and The End of Work (Regnery, 2018). His next book, scheduled for release later this year, is titled They're Both Wrong: A Policy Guide for America's Frustrated Independent Thinkers. Tamny received a BA at the University of Texas at Austin, and his MBA at Vanderbilt.
John Tamny is a senior fellow in economics at Reason Foundation, the political economy editor at Forbes, a senior economic advisor to Toreador Research & Trading, and editor of RealClearMarkets.com (RCM).
A spin-off of the policy website RealClearPolitics, RCM seeks to compile top-quality information and opinions about the stock markets and global economy. Tamny frequently writes about the securities markets, along with tax, trade and monetary policy issues that impact those markets for a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Financial Times, National Review and London’s Daily Telegraph. Tamny is the author of Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You About Economics. He’s also a weekly guest on Forbes on FOX.
Tamny is the author of Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You About Economics (April, 2015) and Who Needs the Fed? What Taylor Swift, Uber and Robots Tells Us About Money, Credit, and Why We Should Abolish America’s Central Bank (May, 2016).
Previously, Tamny worked in private wealth management for Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. He lives in Washington, D.C.
A spin-off of the policy website RealClearPolitics, RCM seeks to compile top-quality information and opinions about the stock markets and global economy. Tamny frequently writes about the securities markets, along with tax, trade and monetary policy issues that impact those markets for a variety of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Financial Times, National Review and London’s Daily Telegraph. Tamny is the author of Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You About Economics. He’s also a weekly guest on Forbes on FOX.
Tamny is the author of Popular Economics: What the Rolling Stones, Downton Abbey, and LeBron James Can Teach You About Economics (April, 2015) and Who Needs the Fed? What Taylor Swift, Uber and Robots Tells Us About Money, Credit, and Why We Should Abolish America’s Central Bank (May, 2016).
Previously, Tamny worked in private wealth management for Credit Suisse and Goldman Sachs. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management. He lives in Washington, D.C.
- The Genius of Wealth Inequality
Though wealth inequality is viewed in a pejorative light by many economists, and most members of the political and pundit class, it's reality is a great deal better than most realize. As the talk reveals, rising inequality signals a falling gap in the standard of living experienced by the rich and poor, greater opportunity for the individuals who comprise any economy to pursue the path in life that most animates their talent, and a rising base of capital that will be redistributed from the rich to the companies of today and the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. - What’s Going on in the Economy and Why Economic Growth Is So Easy to Achieve
Modern economists act as though economic growth is mysterious and hard to achieve. In fact, nothing could be easier than economic growth. It’s as simple as getting four basic inputs—taxes, regulation, trade and monetary policy—correct. This talk will describe the basics to growth, and then apply them to the present economy to show what is holding it back when it’s slow, and what’s causing it to boom when the economy is soaring. - Why Washington and Wall Street Are Better Off Living Apart
The tight relationship between Washington and Wall Street is mutually destructive for both. “It’s the economy, stupid” says politics, and yet, the close link between finance and government restrains economic growth by virtue of it politicizing investment. Worse, the ties between finance and government make the bailouts of troubled financial institutions much more likely. The latter greatly weaken the financial sector, all the while inflaming an electorate that views bailouts as evidence of favoritism. This talk will show why the popularity and health of Wall Street and Washington will soar if the two create major distance between themselves. - Government Barriers to Economic Growth: How Policy Error Gave Us the Great Depression, the Financial Crisis and the Great Recession
The history books are filled with mistaken assumptions about not just the causes of the Great Depression, but also what got us out. Much the same describes the early explanations of 2008 and the difficult recession that followed. This talk will simplify what has been made opaque, while showing that all three major economic events were wholly unnatural effects of bad bipartisan policy error from Washington, D.C.
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