Diana Furchtgott-Roth
| Diana Furchtgott-Roth | |
|---|---|
| Born |
April 4, 1958 London, UK |
| Nationality | American and English |
| Education | Swarthmore (B.A), Oxford University (M.Phil) |
| Occupation | Economist |
| Employer | The Manhattan Institute |
| Agent | Economics |
Diana Furchtgott-Roth (born April 4, 1958) is an economist.[1] She is a columnist for MarketWatch, Tax Notes, and is the director of Economics21 (E21).
Education & Career
Diana Roth was born to Ellen and Gabriel Roth in England in 1958. Her family moved to America in 1967.[2] Her father Gabriel was an economist at the World Bank. They lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[3] After getting a B.A. from Swarthmore College Diana returned to England and earned a M.Phil. in economics at Oxford University.
Furchtgott-Roth was an economist on the staff of President Ronald Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers in 1986–87. During 1991–93, she was deputy executive director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and associate director of the Office of Policy Planning under President George H. W. Bush. From 1993 to 2001 she was resident fellow and assistant to the president at the American Enterprise Institute. In 2001–02, Furchtgott-Roth was the chief of staff of President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers and from 2003 to 2005 she was chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor. From 2005 to 2011 she was a senior fellow at Hudson Institute. Furchtgott-Roth is currently a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of Economics21.[1]
Views
She is an advocate of lower taxes and less burdensome regulations in order to increase economic growth. She has proposed putting longshore unions and employers under the Railway Labor Act instead of the National Labor Relations Act,[4] and argues that raising the minimum wage would do more harm than good because it would deprive low-skill workers and teens of jobs.
Family
As of 2016, she and her husband Harold had six children and two grandchildren.[2]
Bibliography
Women’s Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America (1999, second edition, 2012)
The Feminist Dilemma: When Success Is Not Enough (2001)
Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship in the United States (editor) (2008)
How Obama’s Gender Policies Undermine America (2010)
Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies are Damaging America's Economy (2012)
Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young (2015) (co-authored with Manhattan Institute fellow, Jared Meyer)
References
- 1 2 "Diana Furchtgott-Roth". The Manhattan Institute. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
- 1 2 "Prepared Statement of Ms. Diana E. Furchtgott-Roth". U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Oct 3, 2002.
- ↑ "The Right Kind of Economist". Swarthmore College Bulletin. Oct 2012.
- ↑ "Labor laws need to be fixed as goods languish at U.S. ports". MarketWatch, Inc. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2015-03-22.