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This has been an active year for Irwin Stelzer, director of Hudson’s Economic Policy Studies. Stelzer and a co-author completed the revision of the fourth edition of his antitrust book; the Institute of Economic Affairs published a volume of his lectures; Hudson published a pamphlet on the effect of European integration on the U.S.-UK special relationship; and The John Smith Institute published his lecture on competition policy. In addition to a weekly column on Economic Policy Studies published in The Sunday Times (London), he published articles on a variety of subjects ranging from energy policy to the relationship between conservatism and free markets. These appeared in American Outlook, The Weekly Standard, The Milken Institute Review, Commentary and other publications.
The seminar circuit included organizing and chairing a seminar for congressional staff on communications policy; presenting a paper on EU-U.S. relations at Hudson's "Thatcher Weekend"; participating in a seminar on broadband policy sponsored by The Progress and Freedom Foundation; presenting a paper on oil policy at The Aspen Institute; delivering the Beesley Lecture at the Royal Society of Arts (the impact of privatization on efficiency); lecturing on American Economic Policy Studies at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Adam Smith Institute, and on competition policy at No. 11 Downing Street for the Smith Institute and the Chancellor; a lecture on the Microsoft case at the Washington Legal Foundation; lectures on immigration policy at various venues; and participation in discussions of trade strategy at the Australian Embassy.
The general theme of the publications, speeches, and seminars was the virtue of competition and the need for a strong antitrust enforcement policy; the need for immigration policies that encourage work and resist the closing of our borders; and the desirability of regulatory policies that stimulant new entry and the breaking down of barriers erected by incumbents.
Publications in 2001 included:
- The Antitrust Laws: a Primer (4th Edition)
- The Market and the Diffusion of New Media in Culture and Communications, Perspective on Broadcasting and the Information Society
- Fostering High Tech Competition: Merging Macroeconomics and Microeconomic policies for Economic Growth
- The United States, a United Europe and the United Kingdom: Three Characters in Search of a Policy
Articles included:
- “Reward the rich” New York Post, October 25, 2000
- “After the bursting of the .com bubble” The Weekly Standard, December 25, 2000
- “What to do about the Energy Crunch” Commentary, March 2001
- “The Impossibility of convergence” American Outlook, March/April 2001
Stelzer addressed many organizations in 2001 including the European Strategy Board; Hudson’s annual Lady Thatcher Weekend; the Adam Smith Institute; and the London Business School.
Economic Policy Studies Staff
- Allen, Toni K. - Adjunct Fellow
- Stelzer, Irwin M. - Senior Fellow