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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Benjamin Zycher March 2017
Contact Information:
Current Positions:
John G. Searle Chair and Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute.
Senior Fellow, Pacific Research Institute.
Member, Advisory Board, Regulation.
Contributor, The Hill.
Personal:
Married to Lisa Pollard Zycher, two children, citizen of the USA, resident of Reston,
Virginia.
Education:
Ph.D. (Economics), University of California, Los Angeles.
M.P.P. (Public Policy), University of California, Berkeley.
A.B. (Political Science), University of California, Los Angeles.
Fields and Research Emphases:
Energy and environmental policy.
Economic and econometric analysis.
Economic regulation, public finance, and public policy studies.
Pharmaceutical and health care policy.
Insurance regulation.
International economics, national security policy, and defense economics and policy.
Benefit/cost and public choice analysis.
Industrial organization and competitive market analysis.
Public policy communications.
Professional Memberships:
American Economic Association.
Western Economic Association International.
Public Choice Society.
Mont Pelerin Society.
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Past Positions (descending chronological order):
President, Benjamin Zycher Economics Associates.
Associate, Intelligence Community Associates Program, Bureau of Intelligence and
Research, U.S. Department of State.
Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research.
Senior Economist, Economics and Statistics Group, RAND Corporation.
Member, Board of Directors, Western Economic Association International (elected three-year
term).
Adjunct Professor of Economics and Business (MBA program), California State University,
Channel Islands.
Adjunct Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, University of California, Los
Angeles.
Vice President for Research, Milken Institute.
Founding Editor, Jobs & Capital (now the Milken Institute Review).
Member, Advisory Council, Consumer Alert.
Senior Economist, Arroyo Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of
Technology.
Senior Staff Economist, President’s Council of Economic Advisers.
References:
Dr. Kevin A. Hassett, Director, Economic Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute.
Mr. Henry Olsen, Senior Fellow, Ethics and Public Policy Center.
Dr. Christopher C. DeMuth, Hudson Institute.
Dr. Charles Wolf, Corporate Fellow in International Economics, RAND Corporation, Santa
Monica, California; Founding Dean, RAND Graduate School. (Deceased 2016)
Dr. Jason Clemens, Director of Research, Fraser Institute.
Dr. Robert E. Litan, former Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution.
Dr. Jerry L. Jordan, President (retired), Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland.
Dr. William Poole, President (retired), Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
Dr. J. Clayburn LaForce, former Dean, Anderson School of Management, University of
California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Kenneth P. Green, Director, Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Studies, Fraser
Institute.
Dr. Steven F. Hayward, Ronald Reagan Distinguished Fellow, Pepperdine University.
Dr. William R. Allen, Department of Economics (Professor Emeritus), University of
California, Los Angeles.
Dr. Paul Howard, Director, Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute for Policy
Research.
Mr. Alan Reynolds, Senior Fellow, The Cato Institute.
Mr. Jerry Taylor, President, The Niskanen Center, Washington D.C.
Mr. Douglas J. Feith, Director, Center for National Security Strategies, Hudson Institute,
Washington D.C.
Dr. Edward G. Keating, Congressional Budget Office, Washington D.C.
Dr. Richard McKenzie, Gerken Professor emeritus, Graduate School of Business, University
of California, Irvine.
Professor Simon Serfaty, Old Dominion University; Washington D.C.
Mr. David B. Kassing, RAND Corporation (retired), Arlington, Virginia.
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Mr. Gary B. Ackerman, Executive Director, Western Power Trading Forum.
Mr. Larry D. Hamlin, Vice President, Power Production (retired), Southern California Edison
Company; California Energy Construction Czar, 2001.
Dr. John E. Peters, RAND Corporation (retired), Santa Monica, California.
Dr. Dwight R. Lee, Russell Professor of Free Enterprise (retired), Southern Methodist
University.
Dr. Paul Rubin, Dobbs Professor of Economics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. William A. Niskanen, Chairman Emeritus, The Cato Institute, Washington D.C.
(deceased 2011).
Dr. Murray L. Weidenbaum, former Chairman, President's Council of Economic Advisers,
Director, Center for Study of American Business, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
(deceased 2016).
(Additional references and contact information available upon request.)
Selected Briefings:
“The Deeply-Flawed ‘Conservative’ Case For a Carbon Tax,” American Enterprise Institute,
March 2017.
“The Ivanpah Solar-Power Monstrosity,” American Enterprise Institute, March 2017.
“Some Public Choice Dimensions of Carbon Taxes,” American Enterprise Institute, January
2017.
“Climate Evidence and Policy,” American Enterprise Institute, October 2016.
“Beltway Arithmetic on the Social Cost of Carbon and the Looming Climate Apocalypse,”
American Enterprise Institute, November 2015.
“Beltway Arithmetic: Political Goals and Quantitative Analysis in Energy and Environmental
Policy,” American Enterprise Institute, March 2015.
“The Green Jobs Black Hole,” American Enterprise Institute, October 2013.
“Renewable Energy Subsidies Should Be Abandoned,” Statement Before the Committee on
Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittees on Energy and Environment, and
Investigations and Oversight, U.S. House of Representatives, April 19, 2012.
“Renewable Energy Subsidies Should Be Abandoned,” Statement Before the Committee on
Finance, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure, U.S. Senate, March
27, 2012.
“Medium-Term Outlook for the Eurozone,” Intelligence Community Associates Briefing,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, U.S. Department of State, April 4, 2011.
“Renewable Electricity: Economics and Outlook,” Los Angeles Mensa Conference, February
19, 2011.
“Government Spending and Economic Growth: The Recent U.S. Experience,” Keizai Koho
Center (Japan Institute for Social and Economic Affairs) Symposium, Nippon Keidanren
(Japan Business Federation), Tokyo, February 19, 2010.
“Observations on the Science and Economics of Global Warming Policy,” Los Angeles
Committee on Foreign Relations, December 2008.
“Private Sector Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science,” UCLA and USC Schools of Public
Health, November 2008, National Patient Advocacy Foundation, December 2008.
“Looming Problems for the Chinese Economy,” Aspen Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany,
March 10, 2006.
“Federal Price Negotiations and Pharmaceutical Innovation,” U.S. Senate Committee Staff,
December 8, 2006.
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“A Moderately Contrarian Discussion of GDP and Energy Markets for China, India, Japan,
and the U.S.,” 9th Annual China Reform Forum/RAND Conference, Beijing, China,
September 12, 2006.
“Benefit Sharing, Patent Protection, and Pharmaceutical Innovation,” United Nations
Economic Commission for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, March 1, 2006.
“Institutional Reform and Turkish Economic Growth,” U.S.-Turkey Advisory Council,
Istanbul, Turkey, June 29, 2005.
“Some Historical Lessons from the World Oil Market,” U.S.-China Defense Consultative
Talks,” Office of the Secretary of Defense, Washington D.C., April 28, 2005.
“Pharmaceutical Importation, Price Controls, Federal Price Negotiations, and the Interests of
Consumers,” Statement before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions,
U.S. Senate, February 17, 2005.
“A Counterintuitive Perspective on Energy Policy,” United Nations Economic Commission
for Europe, Geneva, Switzerland, November 20, 2002.
“Manipulating Enron: The Incentives of Public Officials and the California Energy Market,”
Graduate School of Business, UC Irvine, September 2002.
Publications:
Books: “Renewable” Electricity Generation: Economic Analysis and Outlook,
Washington D.C.: AEI Press, December 2011.
Fault Lines in China’s Economic Terrain, Rand Corporation MR-1686-
NA/SRF, March 2003 (with Charles Wolf, Jr. et. al.).
Military Dimensions of Communist Systems, Rand Corporation, R-3593-
USDP, June 1988 (with Tad Daley).
Edited Volume: Economic Policy, Financial Markets, and Economic Growth, Boulder:
Westview Press, 1993 (edited with Lewis C. Solmon).
Peer-Reviewed
Papers/Monographs: “The Deeply Flawed Conservative Case for a Carbon Tax,” monograph,
American Enterprise Institute, March 2017, at http://www.aei.org/wp-
content/uploads/2017/03/Carbon-Tax-CLC.pdf.
“Four Decades of Subsidy Rationales for Uncompetitive Energy,”
monograph/prepared statement, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance, June
14, 2016, at
http://www.finance.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/14jun2016Zycher.pdf.
“World Oil Prices: Market Expectations, the House of Saud, and the
Transient Effect of Supply Disruptions,” monograph, American
Enterprise Institute, June 2, 2016, at http://www.aei.org/wp-
content/uploads/2016/06/World-Oil-Prices.pdf.
“Prospective Effects of the Affordable Care Act on Entrepreneurship: A
Preliminary View From State Experience,” monograph, Pacific Research
Institute, November 2015, at
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http://www.pacificresearch.org/fileadmin/images/Studies_2015/ACA_St
artUps_f_web.pdf.
“LNG Exports From British Columbia: The Cost of Regulatory Delay,”
monograph, The Fraser Institute, September 2015, at
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/LNG-exports-from-
british-columbia.pdf (with Kenneth P. Green).
“The Implications of U.S. Worker Choice Laws for British Columbia and
Ontario,” monograph, The Fraser Institute, September 2013, at
http://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/implications-for-US-
worker-choice-laws-for-BC-and-ON.pdf (with Jason Clemens and Niels
Veldhuis).
“Startup Businesses and the Growth of Real State Gross Product,”
monograph, Pacific Research Institute, May 2013, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/fileadmin/templates/pri/images/Studies/P
DFs/2013-2015/StartUp_Zycher_r2.pdf.
“State and Local Spending: Do Tax and Expenditure Limits Work?”
monograph, American Enterprise Institute, May 2013, at
http://www.aei.org/files/2013/05/07/-state-and-local-spending-do-tax-
and-expenditure-limits-work_152855963641.pdf.
“The Looming Rate Bomb: The 33 Percent Renewable Electricity
Mandate and Electricity Prices in California,” monograph, Pacific
Research Institute, January 2013, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/fileadmin/templates/pri/images/Studies/P
DFs/2013/ElectricityCosts_Zycher_F.pdf.
“Policy Analytics of the Tax Treatment of Charitable Contributions,”
monograph, Pacific Research Institute, December 2012, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/fileadmin/templates/pri/images/Studies/P
DFs/Charitable_F.pdf.
“Is the U.S. ‘Competitive’ Internationally in Health Care?” in Kevin A.
Hassett, ed., Rethinking Competitiveness, Washington D.C.: AEI Press,
December 2012.
“Economic Effects of Reductions in Defense Outlays,” Cato Institute
Policy Analysis No. 706, August 8, 2012, at
http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/PA706.pdf.
“Chinese Subventions and the Survival of the Kim Regime,” monograph
prepared for the Intelligence Community Associates Program, Bureau of
Intelligence and Research, Office of Economic Analysis, U.S.
Department of State, July 2011.
“Comparative Effectiveness Reviews: Quantitative Analysis of Research
and Development Investment Effects,” monograph, Pacific Research
Institute, July 2011, at
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http://www.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20110715_Zycher_CER_F.pdf.
“Medicare Auctions for Durable Medical Equipment: Price Suppression
and Research and Development Investment,” monograph, Pacific
Research Institute, June 2011, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20110614_MedDevices.pdf.
“Costs and Consequences: Rate-of-Return Biases, Rate Suppression, and
Market Incentives for Quality in Property/Casualty Insurance
Regulation,” monograph, Pacific Research Institute, October 2010, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20101025_CostsCons.pdf.
“The Prospective Effects of Proposition 23 on Employment in
California: A Two-Stage Least Squares and Simulation Analysis for
2010-2020,” monograph, Pacific Research Institute, October 2010, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/docLib/201010041_CAProp23Study.pdf.
“Private Sector Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science: Thirty-
Five Summary Case Histories,” American Journal of Therapeutics, Vol.
17, No. 1 (Jan-Feb 2010), pp. 101-120 (with Joseph A. DiMasi and
Christopher-Paul Milne).
“Entrepreneurs’ Coverage: An Alternative Health Policy Reform,”
monograph, Pacific Research Institute, January 2010, at
http://liberty.pacificresearch.org/docLib/20100119_Entrepreneur_Covera
ge.pdf.
“Health Savings Account-Qualified Health Insurance Plans After Four
Years: What Have We Learned?”, Medical Progress Report No. 8,
Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,
February 2009, at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/mpr_08.pdf.
“The Truth About Drug Innovation: Thirty-Five Summary Case Histories
On Private Sector Contributions to Pharmaceutical Science,” Medical
Progress Report No. 6, Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute
for Policy Research, June 2008 (with Joseph A. DiMasi and Christopher-
Paul Milne), at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/mpr_06.pdf.
“Comparing Public and Private Health Insurance: Would A Single-Payer
System Save Enough to Cover the Uninsured?”, Medical Progress Report
No. 5, Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute for Policy
Research, October 2007, at http://www.manhattan-
institute.org/pdf/mpr_05.pdf.
“The Human Cost of Federal Price Negotiations: The Medicare Drug
Benefit and Pharmaceutical Innovation,” Medical Progress Report No. 3,
Center for Medical Progress, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research,
November 2006, at http://www.manhattan-institute.org/pdf/mpr_03.pdf.
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“Problems Confronting the Chinese Economy: Institutional, Structural,
and Sectoral, The Brown Journal of World Affairs, Vol. XIII, No. 1
(Fall/Winter 2006).
“Biotechnological and Pharmaceutical Research and Development
Investment Under A Patent-Based Access and Benefit-Sharing Regime,”
Pacific Research Institute monograph, May 2005 (with Timothy A.
Wolfe).
“Pharmaceuticals and Price Controls,” Pacific Research Institute
monograph, March 2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
"Attorneys General Versus the EPA," Pacific Research Institute
monograph, December 2003 (with Sally C. Pipes).
“A Preliminary Benefit/Cost Framework for Counterterrorism Public
Expenditures,” Rand MR-1693-RC, May 2003.
“Policy Analytics of the California Electricity Crisis,” Pacific Research
Institute monograph, May 2002.
“Costs and Benefits of Slovenian Membership in NATO,” Rand Project
Memorandum 1292-SMD, February 2002 (with F. Stephen Larrabee and
John E. Peters).
“Analytics of Third-Party Claims Recovery for Military Aircraft Engine
Warranties,” Rand DB-368-OSD, November 2001 (with John E. Peters).
“European Military Prospects, Economic Constraints, and the Rapid
Reaction Force, Rand MR-1416-OSD/SRF, May 2001 (with Charles
Wolf, Jr.).
“Military Expenditures and Economic Growth,” Rand MR-1112-A, May
2001 (with Jasen Castillo et. al.).
“Electric System Reliability Under Partial Deregulation,” Regulation,
2000 (4), at http://www.cato.org/pubs/regulation/regv23n4/zycher.pdf.
“Asian Economic Trends and Their Security Implications,” Rand MR-
1143-OSD/A (with Charles Wolf, Anil Bamezai, and K.C. Yeh),
September 2000.
“NIMA Outsourcing Review: Interim Findings,” (briefing prepared for
the NIMA Commission), Rand AB-443-OSD, (with Jefferson Marquis
and Michael Hynes) August 2000.
“Employing Commercial Satellite Communications: Wideband
Investment Options for the Department of Defense,” Rand MR-1192-AF
(with Tim Bonds, et. al.), June 2000.
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“Policy Analytics of the Utility Rate Reduction and Reform Act,”
Claremont Institute monograph, October 1998.
“Economics of Deregulated Power Markets,” Claremont Institute
monograph, September 1998.
“The Economic Effects of Foreign Military Sales of Army Weapons
Systems,” DRR-1930-A, Rand Corporation, September 1998 (with
Kevin F. McCarthy).
“Environmental Degradation Under East European State Socialism,” in
John R. Lott, ed., Uncertainty and Economic Evolution, New York:
Routledge, 1997.
“Mortgage Lending, `Discrimination,’ and Taxation By Regulation,”
Regulation, Spring 1994 (with Timothy A. Wolfe).
“Bank Capitalization Standards, the Credit Crunch, and Resource
Allocation Under Regulation,” in Benjamin Zycher and Lewis C.
Solmon, eds., Economic Policy, Financial Markets, and Economic
Growth, Boulder: Westview Press, 1993.
“Entrepreneurship and Taxation By Regulation,” in Effects of Taxes and
Regulation On Entrepreneurship, Smith Center for Private Enterprise
Studies, 1993.
“Insurance Price Controls, `Affordability,’ and Taxation By Regulation,”
Regulation, Spring 1992.
“Market Deregulation of the Electric Utility Sector,” Regulation, Winter
1992.
“Transportability In the Defense Department Research, Development,
and Acquisition Process,” Rand Corporation, R-4107-P&L/DAG/JS,
August 1991.
“An Optimal Insurance Approach For Analysis of Critical Dependencies
of the Department of Defense,” Rand Corporation, R-3880-DARPA,
August 1991.
“Future Soviet Investment In Transportation, Energy, and Environmental
Protection,” Rand Corporation N-3173-USDP, April 1991 (with
Jeannette VanWinkle).
“Insurance Rates, Direct Democracy, and Solvency Regulation,” Journal
of Insurance Regulation, Winter 1991.
“Outlook For Soviet Economic Reform,” Rand Corporation P-7684,
November 1990.
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“A Generalized Approach For Analysis of Alliance Burden-Sharing,”
Rand Corporation N-3047-PCT, November 1990.
“Gorbachev’s Allocative Choices,” Rand Corporation R-3891-USDP,
October 1990 (with Charles Wolf, Jr., et. al.).
“Automobile Insurance Regulation, Direct Democracy, and the Interests
of Consumers,” Regulation, Summer 1990.
“Perceptions of Burden-Sharing In NATO,” Rand Corporation R-3570-
FF/RC, July 1989 (with Charles A. Cooper).
“Foreign Policy Benefits From Subsidization of Trade With Eastern
Europe,” Rand Corporation R-3566-USDP, March 1989.
“Military Dimensions of Communist Systems: Central Hypotheses,
Findings, and Implications,” Rand Corporation R-3629-USDP, March
1989 (with Charles Wolf, Jr.).
“Long Term Economic and Military Trends,” Rand Corporation N-2757-
USDP, April 1989 (with Charles Wolf, Jr., et. al.).
“Two East European Games: Summary and Analysis,” Rand Corporation
R-3703-USDP, April 1989 (with John Setear, et. al.).
“Economic Efficiency and `Prudence’ Analysis of Powerplant
Investment,” Contemporary Policy Issues, July 1988.
“An Economist As Soothsayer and Politician,” Public Choice, January
1988 (book review).
“Divergent Warsaw Pact Interests With Respect To East European Trade
With the West” (U), Rand Corporation N-2515-A, December 1986
(Secret Noforn).
“Soviet Incentives In Arms Control,” Contemporary Policy Issues,
October 1986.
“Market Allocation of the Commons,” in Doug Bandow, ed., Protecting
the Environment: A Free Market Strategy, Heritage Foundation, 1986.
“Institutional and Mechanical Control of Federal Spending,” in C.
Lowell Harriss, ed., The Control of Federal Spending, 142nd Proceedings
of the Academy of Political Science, Vol. 35, No. 4, 1985.
“COLAs and Federal Spending Control,” Journal of the Institute For
Socioeconomic Studies, Winter 1986.
Policy Analytics of Natural Gas Decontrol, monograph, International
Institute of Economic Research, June 1985.
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“Analysis of Futures Projections for the U.S. Army,” Arroyo Center, Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, 1984 (with David B. Kassing, et. al.).
“Interim Research Reports,” Arroyo Center, Jet Propulsion Laboratory,
1984 (with David B. Kassing, et. al.).
“Substitution In Public Spending: Who Pays For Canadian National
Health Insurance?” Economic Inquiry, July 1984.
“Emergency Management,” in S. Fred Singer, ed., Free Market Energy,
New York: Universe Books, 1984.
“Oil Supply Disruptions: Some Central Principles of Emergency
Management,” Middle East Review, Summer 1984.
The Department of Trade, monograph, Heritage Foundation, December
1983.
“Coal Development and Government Regulation In the Northern Great
Plains,” Rand Corporation, 1975 (with Richard Nehring).
“Municipal Service Pricing: Impact On the Growth of Residential
Development,” Rand Corporation, 1975.
“Countering Disruptions In U.S. Fossil Fuel Supplies,” Rand
Corporation, 1974 (with Fred S. Hoffman, et. al.).
“Income Distribution Adjustments and Project Independence Policies,”
Rand Corporation, 1974.
Shorter Papers
and Essays: “Reflections on the Trump Budget: Why Does Government Grow?”
aei.org, March 17, 2017 at http://www.aei.org/publication/reflection-on-
the-trump-budget-why-does-government-grow/.
“Does It Really Matter If Exxon-Mobil Changes Its Reported Oil
Reserves?” The Hill, March 13, 2017, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/energy-environment/323640-does-it-really-matter-if-exxon-mobil-
changes-its.
“The Achilles’ Heel of the Obama Climate Regulations,” aei.org,
February 9, 2017, at https://www.aei.org/publication/the-achilles-heel-of-
the-obama-climate-regulations/.
“Keystone XL and the Environmental Left,” The National Interest,
January 27, 2017, at http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-
environmental-left-keystone-xl-19216.
“Trump Nominee Scott Pruitt Will Clean Up the EPA,” The Hill,
December 14, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/310335-trump-nominee-scott-pruitt-will-clean-up-the-epa.
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“The Broader Case In Defense of the Electoral College,” AEIdeas,
December 7, 2016, at https://www.aei.org/publication/the-broader-case-
in-defense-of-the-electoral-college/.
“Trump’s Realistic Thinking on Climate Change,” InsideSources,
December 5, 2016, at http://www.insidesources.com/trumps-realistic-
thinking-on-climate-change/.
“The Carrier Deal and the Law of Unintended Consequences,” AEIdeas,
December 1, 2016, at https://www.aei.org/publication/the-carrier-deal-
and-the-law-of-unintended-consequences/.
“Donald Trump, Flag Burning, and the Risks of Penalizing a Particular
Thought,” AEIdeas, November 29, 2016, at
https://www.aei.org/publication/donald-trump-flag-burning-and-the-
risks-of-penalizing-a-particular-thought/.
“Finalizing Debt Deal Is First Test for Puerto Rico’s New Governor,”
The Hill, November 21, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/state-local-politics/306994-finalizing-debt-deal-is-first-test-for-
puerto-ricos.
“The Magical Powers of the Social Cost of Carbon,”
ourenergypolicy.org, November 21, 2016, at
http://www.ourenergypolicy.org/the-magical-powers-of-the-social-
cost-of-carbon/.
“Get the PREPA Deal Done!” The Hill, November 21, 2016, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/state-local-politics/306994-
finalizing-debt-deal-is-first-test-for-puerto-ricos.
“Ghosts, Goblins, and My Friend Kevin A. Hassett,” aei.org, October
31, 2016, at http://www.aei.org/publication/ghosts-goblins-and-my-
friend-kevin-a-hassett/.
“Solar Energy Can’t Survive Without Massive Subsidies,” The Hill,
October 26, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/302900-solar-energy-cant-survive-without-massive-
subsidies.
“Washington State Initiative 732: All Cost, No Benefit,”
InsideSources.com, October 18, 2016, at
http://www.insidesources.com/washington-state-initiative-732-all-cost-
no-benefit/.
“The Washington Post on Carbon Taxes,” The Hill, September 28,
2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/298285-the-carbon-tax-is-not-just-political-its-ineffective.
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“Renewable Electricity As a Solution to Puerto Rico Debt Crisis? You
Must Be Kidding,” The Hill, August 16, 2016, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/291582-
renewable-electricity-as-a-solution-to-puerto-rico-debt.
“Mark J. Perry on Nuclear Power,” aei.org, August 15, 2016, at
https://www.aei.org/publication/mark-j-perry-on-nuclear-power/.
“More Regulatory Magic From the EPA,” The Hill, August 8, 2016, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/290719-more-
regulatory-magic-from-the-epa.
“Missing the Forest For the Trees on Solar Net Metering,” The Hill,
August 1, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/289981-missing-the-forest-for-the-trees-on-solar-net-
metering.
“Is the Nuclear Liability Limit a Subsidy, Or Not?,” The Hill, June 27,
2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/284976-is-the-nuclear-liability-limit-a-subsidy-or-not.
“Nothing New Under the Sun as FTC Seeks to Expand Power Over
Solar,” The Hill, June 20, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/energy-environment/284070-nothing-new-under-the-sun-as-ftc-
seeks-to-expand-power.
“The Magic of the EPA’s Benefit/Cost Analysis,” The Hill, June 6, 2016,
at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/282079-the-
magic-of-benefit-cost-analysis-at-the-epa.
“The Incoherence of Sustainability,” US News & World Report, May 25,
2016, at http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-05-25/future-
generations-resources-dont-depend-on-investment-in-sustainability.
“Earth Day and the Triumph of Dogbert,” aei.org, April 22, 2016, at
http://www.aei.org/publication/earth-day-and-the-triumph-of-dogbert/.
“Puerto Rico Needs Compromise, Not a Cram-Down,” The Hill, April 6,
2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/finance/275358-
compromise-not-a-cram-down-needed-for-puerto-rico.
“Springtime for the Rockefellers,” aei.org, March 30, 2016, at
http://www.aei.org/publication/springtime-for-the-rockefellers/.
“The Trump Theory of International Trade,” Inside Sources, March 14,
2016, at http://www.insidesources.com/donald-trump-theory-
international-trade/.
“Some Observations on Trump, the Non Sequitur Candidate,” The Hill,
March 7, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/presidential-
campaign/272071-some-observations-on-trump-the-non-sequitur.
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“Socialism and Famine,” AEIdeas, February 26, 2016, at
https://www.aei.org/publication/socialism-and-famine/.
“Puerto Rico, Wealth Redistribution, and a Needed Control Board, The
Hill, February 16, 2016, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/finance/269487-puerto-rico-wealth-redistribution-and-a-needed-
control-board.
“Precisely Why Should the Constitution Not BE a ‘Living and
Breathing’ Document?,” AEIdeas, February 16, 2016, at
http://www.aei.org/publication/precisely-why-should-the-constitution-
not-be-a-living-and-breathing-document/.
“Weekend at Bernie’s,” National Review Online, February 15, 2016, at
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/431345/bernie-sanders-
socialisms-undead-corpse.
“Shut Up, She Explained: My Request for Climate Evidence,” aei.org,
February 4, 2016, at http://www.aei.org/publication/shut-up-she-
explained-my-request-for-climate-evidence/.
“Subsidizing the Rich Through California’s Solar Scheme,” Forbes,
January 19, 2016, at http://www.aei.org/publication/subsidizing-the-rich-
through-californias-solar-scheme/.
“An Agreement to Prop Up the Climate Industry,” US News & World
Report, December 18, 2015, at http://www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-
the-paris-climate-agreement-a-good-strategy/an-agreement-to-prop-up-
the-climate-industry.
“Saving the Planet: How Climate Breakthroughs Are Made,” Inside
Sources, December 14, 2015, at http://www.insidesources.com/saving-
the-planet-how-climate-breakthroughs-are-made/.
“Puerto Rico Debt: The Can Hits the End of the Road,” The Hill,
December 10, 2015, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/finance/262747-for-puerto-rico-debt-crisis-the-can-hits-the-end-of-
the-road.
“Paris in the Fall: COP-21 vs Climate Evidence,” aei.org, November 30,
2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/paris-in-the-fall-cop-21-vs-
climate-evidence/.
“On Chinese Coal, the U.N. vs the New York Times, National Review
Online, November 5, 2015, at
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/426638/chinas-burning-more-
coal-un-climate-experts-ignore-new-data.
“Solving the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Debt Problem,” The
Hill, August 14, 2015, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
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blog/finance/251111-solving-the-puerto-rico-electric-power-authority-
debt-problem.
“President Obama’s Clean Power Plan: All Cost, No Benefit,”
RealClearMarkets.com, August 5, 2015, at
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2015/08/05/president_obamas_
clean_power_plan_all_cost_no_benefit_101768.html.
“Crude Oil Exports and the Price of Gasoline,” The Hill, August 4, 2015,
at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/250155-
crude-oil-exports-and-the-price-of-gasoline.
“The Inconvenient Truth About Climate Policy,” US News & World
Report, July 16, 2015, at http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-
intelligence/2015/07/16/climate-change-policy-wont-change-global-
temperatures.
“Pope Francis, Environmentalists, and Economists on Human
Stewardship of the Earth,” AEI.org, July 8, 2015, at
http://www.aei.org/publication/pope-francis-environmentalists-and-
economists-on-human-stewardship-of-the-earth/.
“Time to End Federal Interference With Free Trade In Crude Oil,” The
Hill, June 17, 2015, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/245215-time-to-end-federal-interference-with-free-trade-in.
“Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis and the Siren Song of After-the-Fact
Bankruptcy,” FoxNews.com, June 9, 2015, at
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/06/09/puerto-ricos-economic-
crisis-and-siren-song-after-fact-bankruptcy.html.
“The EPA’s ‘Clean Power’ Mess,” Wall Street Journal, June 8, 2015, at
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-epas-clean-power-mess-1433715694.
“The Carbon Tax and Economists As Experts and Politicians,” The
American, April 28, 2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/the-carbon-
tax-and-economists-as-experts-and-politicians/.
“Earth Day and the Celebration of Suffering,” The American, April 21,
2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/earth-day-and-the-celebration-
of-suffering/.
“The Enforcement of Climate Orthodoxy and the Response to the
Asness-Brown Paper on the Temperature Record,” The American, March
25, 2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/the-enforcement-of-climate-
orthodoxy-and-the-response-to-the-asness-brown-paper-on-the-
temperature-record/.
“The Kyoto Protocol: Ten Years of Triumph,” The American, February
19, 2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/kyoto-protocol-10-years-
triumph/.
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“The Climate Comintern Speaks,” The Hill, February 10, 2015, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/232229-the-
climate-comintern-speaks.
“The EPA on Keystone XL: Ideology Trumps Analysis,” The American,
February 5, 2015, at http://www.aei.org/publication/epa-keystone-xl-
ideology-trumps-analysis/.
“The Shallow Opposition to Keystone XL,” The Hill, January 15, 2015,
at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/229519-the-
shallow-opposition-to-keystone-xl.
“The U.S.-China Climate Agreement Hangover,” The Hill, December 8,
2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/226272-the-us-china-climate-agreement-hangover.
“Gruber’s Bad Political Analysis Driven By Bad Economics,” The Hill,
November 20, 2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/healthcare/224745-grubers-bad-political-analysis-driven-by-bad-
economics#disqus_thread.
“Observations on the U.S.-China Climate Announcement,” The Hill,
November 14, 2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/224076-observations-on-the-us-china-climate-
announcement.
“Chutzpah and Soviet Agriculture: An Update on the Ivanpah Solar
Power Monstrosity,” The American, November 13, 2014, at
http://www.aei.org/publication/chutzpah-soviet-agriculture-update-
ivanpah-solar-power-monstrosity/.
“Why Is the UN Denying IPCC Climate Science?”, The Hill, September
23, 2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-
environment/218553-why-is-the-un-denying-ipcc-climate-science.
“Silliness Quadrupled: The Center for American Progress on Keystone
XL,” The Hill, August 18, 2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-
blog/energy-environment/215266-silliness-quadrupled-the-center-for-
american-progress.
“The Climate Change Money Machine,” The Hill, August 12, 2014, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/214877-the-climate-change-money-
machine.
“In Defense of Price Gouging and Profiteering,” The American, August
7, 2014, at http://www.american.com/archive/2014/august/in-defense-of-
price-gouging-and-profiteering.
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“He’s Explaining, and He’s Losing,” The Hill, July 18, 2014, at
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/energy-environment/212618-hes-
explaining-and-hes-losing#disqus_thread.
“California’s New Solar Plant: Burning Up Taxpayer Money, Land, and
Wildlife,” The American, May 21, 2014, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2014/may/california2019s-new-solar-
plant-burning-up-taxpayer-money-land-and-wildlife.
“Five Questions for Mr. Tom Steyer,” National Review Online, April 22,
2014, at http://www.nationalreview.com/article/376193/five-questions-
mr-tom-steyer-benjamin-zycher.
“Fracking for Budget Dollars,” The Hill Congressional Blog, April 21,
2014, at http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-budget/203892-
fracking-for-bigger-budgets.
“LNG Exports: ‘A Good-Faith Test’ for President Obama,” The
American, April 8, 2014, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2014/april/lng-exports-a-good-faith-
test-for-president-obama.
“Keystone XL: Sachs Strikes Back,” The American, February 19, 2014,
at http://american.com/archive/2014/february/keystone-xl-sachs-strikes-
back/bernarticle_view.
“The Fact-Free Opposition to Keystone XL,” The American, February 5,
2014, at http://www.american.com/archive/2014/february/the-fact-free-
opposition-to-keystone-xl.
“The Efficiency of a Carbon Tax: Broadly Accepted and Broadly
Wrong,” The American, January 31, 2014, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2014/january/the-efficiency-of-a-
carbon-tax-broadly-accepted-and-broadly-wrong.
“‘Cleantech’ Gets Clocked by 60 Minutes, and the Usual Suspects Try to
Make Lemonade,” The American, January 23, 2014, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2014/january/cleantech-gets-clocked-
by-60-minutes-and-the-usual-suspects-try-to-make-lemonade.
“The Climate Change Climate Keeps Changing, But the Carbon Tax Is
Eternal,” The American, December 3, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/november/the-climate-change-
climate-keeps-changing-but-the-carbon-tax-is-eternal.
“The Unbearable Lightness of the Climate Change Industrial Complex,”
The American, November 14, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/november/the-fallacy-of-the-
social-cost-of-carbon.
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“The ‘Science’ of Global Warming, Part 2,” The American, October 8,
2013, at http://american.com/archive/2013/october/the-science-of-global-
warming-part-2.
“Limitations on Natural Gas Exports and the Brownsville U-Turn,” The
American, September 12, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/september/limitations-on-
natural-gas-exports-and-the-brownsville-u-turn.
“A Fascinating Report from the Government Accountability Office,” The
American, September 4, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/september/a-fascinating-report-
from-the-government-accountability-office.
“The President’s Broken Window Fallacy: Carbon Policies and Jobs,”
The American, July 10, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/july/the-presidents-broken-
window-fallacy-carbon-policies-and-jobs.
“Carbon Pollution and Wealth Redistribution,” The American, June 26,
2013, at http://www.american.com/archive/2013/june/carbon-pollution-
and-wealth-redistribution.
“35 Years After Prop 13, Has It Worked?” The American, June 6, 2013,
at http://www.american.com/archive/2013/june/prop-13-35-years.
“Increasing Distortions and Feeding Leviathan: The Internet Sales Tax,”
The American, April 30, 2013, at
http://www.aei.org/article/economics/fiscal-policy/taxes/increasing-
distortions-and-feeding-leviathan-the-internet-sales-tax/.
“Earth Day and Four Decades of Fear,” The American, April 22, 2013, at
http://www.american.com/archive/2013/april/earth-day-and-40-years-of-
environmentalist-panic.
“Benjamin Zycher Response to the Bicameral Task Force on Climate
Change---Round 2,” American Enterprise Institute, April 12, 2013, at
http://www.aei.org/article/energy-and-the-environment/climate-
change/benjamin-zycher-response-to-bicameral-task-force-on-climate-
change-request/.
“Benjamin Zycher Response to the Bicameral Task Force on Climate
Change,” American Enterprise Institute, February 14, 2013, at
http://www.aei.org/article/energy-and-the-environment/climate-
change/benjamin-zycher-response-to-bicameral-task-force-on-climate-
change/.
“Would a Carbon Dioxide Tax Be ‘Efficient’?,” The American, August
30, 2012, at http://www.american.com/archive/2012/august/would-a-
carbon-dioxide-tax-be-efficient.
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“Obamacare’s Tax on Medical Devices: Cuts R&D by $2 Billion a
Year,” Pacific Research Institute, Health Policy Prescriptions, Vol. 10,
No. 5, May 2012, at
http://www.pacificresearch.org/publications/obamacares-tax-on-medical-
devices-cuts-rd-by-2-billion-a-year.
“Wind and Solar Power, Part 1: Uncooperative Reality,” American
Enterprise Institute, January 17, 2012, at
http://www.aei.org/outlook/energy-and-the-environment/alternative-
energy/wind-and-solar-power-part-i-uncooperative-reality/.
“Wind and Solar Power, Part II: How Persuasive Are the Rationales?”
American Enterprise Institute, January 17, 2012, at
http://www.aei.org/outlook/energy-and-the-environment/alternative-
energy/wind-and-solar-power-part-ii-how-persuasive-are-the-rationales/.
“Wind and Solar Power, Part II: Chasing the Green Tail,” American
Enterprise Institute, January 17, 2012, at
http://www.aei.org/outlook/energy-and-the-environment/alternative-
energy/wind-and-solar-power-part-iii-chasing-the-green-tail/.
“Defense Economics,” in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2nd
ed., David R. Henderson, ed., Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008.
“OPEC,” in The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics, 2nd ed., David R.
Henderson, ed., Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2008.
“Economic Analysis of California Proposition 86: The Tobacco Tax Act
of 2006,” Benjamin Zycher Economics Associates monograph, October
2006.
“A Moderately Contrarian Discussion of GDP and Energy Markets for
China, India, Japan, and the U.S.,” paper presented at the 9th Annual
China Reform Forum/RAND Conference, Beijing, China, September 12,
2006.
“Voter `Ignorance’ and Taxation By Regulation Under Direct
Democracy,” December 2005 (manuscript).
“International Economic Assistance and Turkish Economic Institutions,”
DRR-3663-OSD (interim paper), RAND Corporation, (with Arindam
Dutta), September 2004.
Opinion Columns: “The Strange Silence About Climate Policy and the Looming
Apocalypse,” InsideSources, September 29, 2015, at
http://www.insidesources.com/the-strange-silence-about-climate-policy-
and-the-looming-apocalypse/.
“The Revealing Keystone XL Veto Threat,” The National Interest,
January 9, 2015, at http://nationalinterest.org/feature/the-revealing-
keystone-xl-veto-threat- 11999.
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“The Breathless Hypocrisy Driving Energy ‘Divestment,’”
realclearmarkets.com, October 15, 2014, at
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2014/10/15/the_breathless_
hypocrisy_driving_energy_divestment.html.
“The Sunshine of Other People’s Money,” FoxNews.com, September 24,
2014, at http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/09/24/sunshine-other-
peoples-money-truth-about-net-metering/.
“Obama and the EPA: It’s About Rewarding Friends and Punishing
Enemies,” Los Angeles Times, June 10, 2014, at
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-zycher-epa-global-
warming-20140610-story.html.
“Tim Hudak’s Bad Choice for Workers,” Financial Post, February 25,
2014, at http://opinion.financialpost.com/2014/02/25/tim-hudaks-bad-
choice-for-workers/.
“Why the EPA’s ‘Social Cost of Carbon’ Fails,” ourenergypolicy.org,
November 5, 2013, at http://www.ourenergypolicy.org/why-the-epas-
social-cost-of-carbon-fails/.
“Obama’s Climate Change Math Doesn’t Add Up,” U.S. News and
World Report, July 22, 2013, at http://www.aei.org/article/energy-and-
the-environment/climate-change/obamas-climate-change-math-doesnt-
add-up/.
“Startup Businesses are America’s Best Job Creators,” Investors’
Business Daily, May 17, 2013, at http://news.investors.com/ibd-
editorials-perspective/051713-656565-policy-reform-would-help-
startups-boost-hiring.htm.
“A Payday for the Beltway,” National Review Online, April 24, 2013, at
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/346462/payday-beltway.
“Charity’s Unseen Benefit: It Protects Civil Society From the State,”
Investors’ Business Daily, January 15, 2013, at
http://news.investors.com/ibd-editorials-perspective/011413-640482-
charity-helps-build-private-civil-society-outside-government.htm.
“Let the Wind Power Tax Credit Expire,” The Hill Congress Blog,
December 3, 2012, at http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/economy-a-
budget/270593-let-wind-power-tax-credit-expire.
“Capital Punishment Is Necessary: No on Proposition 34,” Orange
County Register, October 23-24, 2012, at
http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/capital-375481-serious-crimes.html.
“The Rathole Eternal,” National Journal, August 6, 2012, at
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http://energy.nationaljournal.com/2012/08/should-wind-tax-credit-stay-
or.php#2236492.
“Obamacare Inhibits Medical Technology,” Washington Times, January
9, 2012, at
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jan/9/obamacare-inhibits-
medical-technology/.
“Coal In Our Stockings: The Destruction of Medical Innovation,”
PJMedia.com, at http://pjmedia.com/blog/coal-in-our-stockings-the-
destruction-of-medical-innovation/, December 21, 2011.
“Comparative Effectiveness Reviews Mean Fewer Cures,” Washington
Examiner, October 9, 2011, at
http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/2011/10/comparative-
effectiveness-reviews-mean-fewer-cures.
“The Federal War Against Medical Technology, Investor’s Business
Daily, August 18, 2011, at
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/581909/201108181
751/The-Federal-War-Against-Medical-Technology.htm.
“CPUC, ex-PG&E Chief’s Policies Hurt Consumers,” SFExaminer.com,
April 27, 2011 at http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/op-
eds/2011/04/cpuc-ex-pge-chief-s-policies-hurt-consumers.
“The Folly of Renewable Electricity,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2011/04/19/the-folly-of-renewable-electricity/,
April 19, 2011.
“Is He Reagan? Or Is He Gorbachev?” PajamasMedia.com, at
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/is-he-reagan-or-is-he-gorbachev/,
February 2, 2011.
“Now They Tell Us,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/14/now-they-tell-us-2/, December 14,
2010.
“A RINO Lectures the Republicans,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/12/01/a-rino-lectures-republicans/, December
1, 2010.
“California’s Prop 23: The Anti-Job Killer,” Investor’s Business Daily, at
http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/551037/201010201
842/Californias-Prop-23-The-Anti-Job-Killer.htm, October 20, 2010.
“California’s Green Economy Failure,” PajamasMedia.com, at
http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/californias-green-economy-failure/,
October 19, 2010.
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“To Spur Job Growth in California, We Can Start By Passing Prop. 23,”
San Francisco Examiner, at
http://www.sfexaminer.com/opinion/columns/oped_contributors/To-
spur-job-growth-in-California-we-can-start-by-passing-Prop-23-
104917999.html, October 14, 2010.
“California: The Make-Believe State,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/10/11/california-the-make-believe-state/,
October 11, 2010.
“The Green Jobs Con Job,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/30/the-green-jobs-con-job/, August 30,
2010.
“And So the Death Panels Begin,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/08/19/and-so-the-death-panels-begin/,
August 19, 2010.
“Energy: Does Renewability Matter?” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/29/energy-does-renewability-matter/, July
29, 2010.
“Has the Gargantuan Stimulus Stimulated Anything?” DailyCaller.com,
at http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/23/has-the-gargantuan-stimulus-
stimulated-anything/, July 23, 2010.
“The Stupidity of the Businessmen,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/06/29/the-stupidity-of-the-businessmen/,
June 29, 2010.
“Oil Producers’ Liability Should Not Be Unlimited,” Forbes.com, at
http://www.forbes.com/2010/06/24/oil-spill-liability-economics-
opinions-contributors-benjamin-zycher.html, June 25, 2010.
“Mitt Romney: Massachusetts Dreamin’,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/19/mitt-romney-massachusetts-dreamin/,
May 19, 2010.
“Arnold, For Once, Is Right,” Orange County Register, May 12, 2010.
“No Sunny Outlook for Florida’s Insurance Market,” South Florida Sun-
Sentinel, April 25, 2010.
“Leave Medical Liability Change to States,” Investor’s Business Daily,
April 23, 2010 (with John R. Graham and Lawrence J. McQuillan)
“A Bone to Pick with Bartlett on Federal Spending,” DailyCaller.com, at
http://dailycaller.com/2010/03/31/a-bone-to-pick-with-bartlett-on-
federal-spending/, March 31, 2010 (with Alan Reynolds).
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“Repeal Of Bill, All Or In Part, Is Problematic,” Investor’s Business
Daily, March 25, 2010.
“A Modest and Effective Health Reform,” Investor’s Business Daily,
February 18, 2010.
“The Right Way to Reform,” Forbes.com, February 3, 2010, at
http://www.forbes.com/2010/02/03/health-care-reform-entrepreneurs-
opinions-contributors-benjamin-zycher.html.
“Abortion Clause or Not, Bill Is Anti-Life,” Investor’s Business Daily,
November 12, 2009.
“The Case Against A Tobacco Tax Increase,” Investor’s Business Daily,
August 12, 2009 (with Jason Clemons).
“An Agenda For California’s Fiscal Reform,” Investor’s Business Daily,
May 21, 2009.
“Proposition 1A Smuggles In a $16 Billion Tax,” Orange County
Register, May 17, 2009 (with Richard Riordan).
“California’s ‘Spending Limit’ Is A Sham,” Investor’s Business Daily,
April 15, 2009.
“Data Show Health Savings Accounts Cut Premiums,” Washington
Examiner, February 18, 2009.
“Drug Development Needs Private Industry,” Wall Street Journal, June
28, 2008.
“Democrats’ Health Plan Not So Harmless,” Investor’s Business Daily,
February 15, 2008.
“False Accounting and Free Lunches Under A Single-Payer Health
System,” Investor’s Business Daily, October 17, 2007.
“Disinvesting Won’t Stop Terrorism,” Los Angeles Times, June 19, 2007.
“Drug Imports: The Unappreciated Downside,” Investor’s Business
Daily, May 8, 2007 (posted May 7, 2007).
“Prescription Drug Costs,” Washington Times, December 27, 2006.
“Another Enviro-Scare Campaign,” Orange County Register, August 29,
2006.
“A Bad Plan for Prescription Drugs,” San Diego Union-Tribune, August
28, 2006.
“The Real Oil Profiteers,” Orange County Register, May 7, 2006.
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“Don’t Let Feds Negotiate Drug Prices,” The Hill, November 25, 2005.
“Battle of the Drug-Discount Plans,” Orange County Register,
November 2, 2005.
“So Much for American Sovereignty,” The Hill, October 27, 2005.
“Healthy Profits Have Healing Powers,” Los Angeles Times, October 25,
2005.
“Call ‘Negotiated’ Drug Prices What They Really Are: Price Controls,”
Los Angeles Times, January 21, 2005.
“How Bad An Idea Is the Mileage Tax?” Orange County Register,
November 21, 2004.
“The Electoral College Does It Better,” Los Angeles Times, October 27,
2004.
“Consumers Wind Up Victims of Drug Importers’ Schemes,” Investors
Business Daily, July 20, 2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
“Some Parts of the Medicare Bill Shouldn’t Be Stripped Away,”
Investors Business Daily, March 8, 2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
"Suit Cites Global Warming to Mask a Grab for Power," Los Angeles
Times, December 5, 2003.
"State's Profligate Short-Timers," Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2003.
“The Governor’s Race: My Case For Bill Simon,” Los Angeles Times,
October 14, 2002.
“State’s Auto Emissions Bill Is Just So Much Gas,” Los Angeles Times,
May 8, 2002.
“Davis Leaves Edison Up the River Without A Paddle,” Los Angeles
Times, August 28, 2001.
“In Defense of the Price-Anderson Act,” National Post, May 31, 2001.
“Davis Ducks Reality On Electricity ‘Overcharges,’” Los Angeles Times,
March 27, 2001 (with Gary B. Ackerman).
“Politicos Promise Power, and the People Will Pay,” Los Angeles Times,
January 26, 2001.
“Political Meddling Made This Mess—And Here They Go Again!” Los
Angeles Times, January 17, 2001.
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“Don’t Blame the Power Crisis On Deregulation,” Los Angeles Times,
December 28, 2000.
“It’s Not A Good Idea to Pay Off the Federal Debt,” Los Angeles Times,
October 6, 2000.
“When Schools Already Get So Much Money, Do They Need More?”
Los Angeles Times, October 29, 1999.
“Here’s A Thought: Criminalizing Flag Burning and Hate Crime Is A
Bad Idea,” Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1999.
“Don’t Put the Brakes on the Energy Market,” Los Angeles Times,
October 26, 1998.
“DWP Bears Blame Only For Lack of Clairvoyance,” Los Angeles
Times, December 3, 1997.
“Taming the Debt Monster In California,” Los Angeles Times, January
23, 1997 (with David Barulich).
“Conservatives Must Say No To 200 and 202,” Los Angeles Times,
March 21, 1996.
“Pat Buchanan Is No Conservative,” Los Angeles Times, February 18,
1996.
“Go Boldly Into the Budget Night,” Los Angeles Times, July 4, 1995.
“The Coming Wilson Tax Increase,” Los Angeles Times, October 27,
1994.
“Misguided Policies—Then the Earthquake,” Los Angeles Times, July
27, 1994.
“A Parental Primer On Vouchers,” Los Angeles Times, September 7,
1993.
“The `Blame Reagan’ Game,” Los Angeles Times, December 15, 1992.
“Go Local and Private, California,” Los Angeles Times, June 22, 1992.
“Sell the Marina and Invest the Funds,” Los Angeles Times, April 21,
1992.
“Flexing Federal Machismo On Crime,” Los Angeles Times, July 29,
1991.
“The Big Green Con Job,” Los Angeles Times, October 27, 1990.
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“Sacred Cows Should Go On the Block,” Los Angeles Times, July 19,
1990.
“Watch the Pork Barrel, Not His Lips,” Los Angeles Times, May 18,
1990.
“Insurance Fraud, California Style,” Wall Street Journal, October 9,
1989.
The Mystery of Proposition 103 Is Why the Voters Bought Such
Outrageous Claims,” Los Angeles Times, August 25, 1989.
“Proposition 103: Bad For Consumers As Well As Business,”
Sacramento Bee, April 7, 1989.
“Big Government Will Goad Them Out,” Palo Alto Times-Tribune,
February 5, 1989.
“Shot In the Foot By Proposition 103,” Los Angeles Times, November
16, 1988.
“Item Veto Will Either Flop Or Fuel Irresponsibility,” Los Angeles
Times, April 12, 1988.
“AQMD’s Ride-Sharing Proposal A Power Play, Not Clean Air Plan,”
Los Angeles Times, January 13, 1988.
“She Should Have Said `No,’” Los Angeles Times, September 4, 1987.
“A Nobel Peace Prize For the KGB,” Los Angeles Times, January 16,
1986.
“Reform Clouds,” Baltimore Sun, October 2, 1985.
“Let’s Not Return To the Draft,” Chicago Tribune, June 21, 1985.
“Merger Fights Are Good For Us,” Chicago Tribune, May 16, 1985.
“On Behalf of Tax Loopholes,” Los Angeles Times, February 20, 1985.
“In Defense of the Council of Economic Advisers,” Los Angeles Times,
January 24, 1985.
“An Item Veto Won’t Work,” Wall Street Journal, October 24, 1984.
“Marketplace Comes To the Rescue of OPEC’s Victims,” Los Angeles
Times, October 24, 1984.
“Let’s Structure Our Taxes So That We Say `Ouch,’” Los Angeles Times,
October 4, 1984.
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“Deficits Cry For Spending Cuts, Not Tax Increases,” Los Angeles
Times, August 8, 1984.
“Let’s End Synfuels Subsidies,” Chicago Tribune, May 11, 1984.
“Society Would Lose To A Trade Department,” Los Angeles Times,
April 3, 1984.
“Oil, Free Enterprise, and Metzenbaum Don’t Mix,” Wall Street Journal,
March 22, 1984.
“Our Natural Gas Hodgepodge,” Chicago Tribune, January 8, 1984.
“Truths To Tell: Gasoline Curbs Back In the Pipeline,” Wall Street
Journal, December 20, 1983.
“Energy Folly: A Reply,” Baltimore Sun, May 16, 1983.
Other Policy Essays: “Free To Choose? Why Private Health Insurance Won’t Survive Under
the Clinton and Obama Health Care Plans,” Medical Progress Today,
February 15, 2008.
Book Review: Freedomnomics, Budget & Tax News, October 2007.
“The Free Lunch Eternal,” National Review Online, October 18, 2007.
“In Opposition to Federal Negotiations of Drug Prices,” Medicare
Patient Management, July/August 2007.
“Pharmaceutical Importation, Price Controls, Federal Price Negotiations,
and the Interests of Consumers,” Medical Progress Today, May 4, 2007.
“Does the Free Lunch Live?” Medical Progress Today, March 16, 2007.
“Reporting for Spin,” National Review Online, February 21, 2007.
“License to Ill,” National Review Online, January 11, 2007.
“The Human Cost of Drug Negotiations,” RealClearPolitics.com,
November 29, 2006.
“Getting Off the Latest Beltway Bandwagon,” Medical Progress Today,
October 20, 2006.
“The Bureaucratization of Safety and Effectiveness,” Medical Progress
Today, July 7, 2006.
“Addicted to Pork, Not Oil,” National Review Online, February 8, 2006.
“The Dogs That Yawned,” Medical Progress Today, February 7, 2006.
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“The Lion and the Lambs Lying Down Together,” Medical Progress
Today, October 27, 2005.
“So Much for American Sovereignty,” TechCentralStation.com, October
7, 2005.
“In Pursuit of Fewer Medicines and More Lawsuits,” Medical Progress
Today, July 29, 2005.
“MTBE: Another Full-Employment Act for the Lawyers,” TechCentral-
Station.com, June 17, 2005.
“You’ll Never Condo In This Town Again,” TechCentralStation.com,
May 4, 2005.
“Night-Watchman State Works Round-the-Clock,” TechCentral-
Station.com, April 11, 2005.
“Can Free Market Principles Work With Pharmaceutical Price
Controls?” Medical Progress Today, March 3, 2005.
“Nationalizing Compassion: The Canadian Free Lunch,” TechCentral-
Station.com, December 6, 2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
“A Physician In the Land of the Politicos,” Townhall.com, September 28,
2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
“Where This Angell Should Have Feared To Tread,” TechCentral-
Station.com, September 28, 2004 (with Sally C. Pipes).
“Saying No to Foreign Drugs,” National Review Online, July 1, 2004
(with Sally C. Pipes).
“Celebrate Earth Day!” National Review Online, April 22, 2004 (with
Sally C. Pipes).
"Institutional Reform of California Governance," in Andrew Gloger, ed.,
California Leadership Guide, Pacific Research Institute, October 2003.
"Counterintuitive Energy Truths," National Review Online, September
25, 2003.
"California Tax Myths," TechCentralStation.com, September 25, 2003.
“Futures Talk: It’s All About Cheap $100 Oil,” TechCentralStation.com,
January 29, 2003.
“Howell Raines In Power,” National Review Online, August 6, 2002.
“Life At the Margins,” TechCentralStation.com, July 16, 2002.
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“Direct Access and the Interests of Consumers,” Pacific Research
Institute, August 2001.
“Memoranda of Inefficiency,” Pacific Research Institute Brief, August
2001.
“Woe Unto Us: The California State Budget 1999,” California Political
Review, July/August 1998.
“Is U.S. Economic Performance `Strong?’” Jobs & Capital, Spring
1998.
“Fiscal Responsibility and the Federal Budget Agreement,” Jobs &
Capital, Fall 1997.
“`Market-Based’ Policies and International Negotiations,” Jobs &
Capital, Fall 1997.
“Whence the Child Health Care `Crisis,’” Jobs & Capital, Summer 1997.
“Is the Federal Budget ‘Unbalanced?’” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1997.
“Whence the Deficits?” Jobs & Capital, Winter 1997.
“The Rich and the Poor,” Jobs & Capital, Summer 1996.
“Regulatory Transfers From the Insurance Sector,” California Political
Review, March/April 1996.
“`Reinventing Government’ and Federal Employment,” Jobs & Capital,
Spring 1996.
“Are Voters `Uninformed’”? Jobs & Capital, Winter 1996.
“Is the Russian Homo Economicus `Different?’” Jobs & Capital, Fall
1995.
“Is There A Fiscal Dividend From Deficit Reduction?” Jobs & Capital,
Summer 1995.
“The Mother Of All Cartels,” National Review, June 26, 1995.
“The Minimum Wage Revisited,” Reason, June 1995.
“Fiscal Discipline and the Balanced Budget Amendment,” Insight,
March 13, 1995.
“Is the Defense Budget Too Small?” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1995.
“Will An Item Veto Yield Fiscal Discipline?” Jobs & Capital, Spring
1995.
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“`Good Jobs’ As A Benefit of Government Regulation,” Jobs & Capital,
Fall 1994.
“Cooked Books,” Reason, November 1994.
“The `Need’ For Government Defense Conversion Programs,” Jobs &
Capital, Fall 1994.
“Illegal Immigrants and the Public Purse,” Jobs & Capital, Summer
1994.
“Is Japan `Protectionist?’” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1994.
“Observation,” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1994.
“Benjamin Zycher Dissenting,” National Review, June 27, 1994.
“Replace the Minimum Wage,” Jobs & Capital, Summer 1993.
“Are Millions of Americans Without Health Care?” Jobs & Capital,
Summer 1993.
“The End Is Near,” Reason, February 1993.
“Is the U.S. `Uncompetitive?’” Jobs & Capital, Winter 1993.
“Debt, Lies, and Reaganomics,” National Review, December 14, 1992.
“Defense Trust Busting,” Reason, October 1992.
“Clintonomics,” Jobs & Capital, Summer 1992.
“A Public Finance Perspective on the Federal Budget Deficit,” Jobs &
Capital, Summer 1992.
“The War Against the Poor,” Jobs & Capital, Summer 1992.
“Unemployment and Liberty,” The Freeman, July 1992.
“A Note From the Editor,” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1992.
“Surprise! Taxation of Capital Is Too High,” Jobs & Capital, Spring
1992.
“The Bush `Growth’ Package,” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1992.
“The 1980s: A Decade of Giving,” Jobs & Capital, Spring 1992.
“The Silly Season For Energy Policy,” Regulation, Spring 1991.
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“Self-Flagellation Among the Capitalists,” Regulation, Winter 1991.
“Economic Efficiency and Regulatory `Prudence’ Analysis of
Powerplant Construction,” Public Utilities Fortnightly, June 9, 1988.
“A Gusher For the Politicians,” Reason, July 1986.
“Foot-Shooting Policy Prescriptions,” Reason, February 1986.
“Gloria Quixote On the Rampage,” Reason, December 1985.
“The General Effects of Energy Policy,” introduction to David Glasner,
Politics, Prices, and Petroleum, Pacific Research Institute, 1985.
“Untying the Energy Knot,” Inquiry, July 1983.
“The Oil Development Game: An Earthly Comedy,” The American
Spectator, April 1993.
“Energy Forecasting and Its Uncertainties,” Public Utilities Fortnightly,
January 17, 1980 (with Robert Uhler).
“Removing the FCC Limit On Cable Television Franchise Fees,”
National Economic Research Associates, 1979 (with Kent P. Anderson).
Canadian National Health Insurance: Lessons For the United States,
monograph, Roche Laboratories, 1978 (with Cotton M. Lindsay and
Steven Honda).
Miscellany: Doctoral dissertation: Substitution In Public Spending: The Budgetary
Incidence of Canadian National Health Insurance, Department of
Economics, University of California, Los Angeles, 1979.
Masters thesis: Income Distribution Effects of Electricity Rationing In
California, Graduate School of Public Policy, University of California,
Berkeley, 1974.
Writer of economic outlook section of US Affairs, bi-monthly newsletter,
Washington D.C., Paris (March 1986-December 1988).
Co-author of The Annual Report of the Council of Economic Advisers,
1983, 1982, 1977.
Testimony on efficiency of energy pricing, before Secretary of Energy
James D. Watkins, National Energy Policy Hearings, July 19, 1990.
Testimony on synthetic fuels subsidies before the Subcommittee On
Fossil and Synthetic Fuels, Committee On Energy and Commerce, U.S.
House of Representatives, October 5, 1983.
