Manhattan Institute Scholar | Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Diana Furchtgott-Roth is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. She is a contributing editor of RealClearMarkets.com, and a columnist for the Washington Examiner, MarketWatch.com, and Tax Notes. From 2003 to 2005, Ms. Furchtgott-Roth was chief economist of the U.S. Department of Labor. From 2001 to 2002 she served as chief of staff of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth served as deputy executive director of the Domestic Policy Council and associate director of the Office of Policy Planning in the White House under President George H.W. Bush from 1991 to 1993, and she was an economist on the staff of President Reagan’s Council of Economic Advisers from 1986 to 1987.

Ms. Furchtgott-Roth is the author of Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies are Damaging America's Economy (Encounter Books, 2012) and Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America (AEI Press, 2012). She is the editor of Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship in the United States (Rowman and Littlefield, 2008). Her articles have been published in the New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Investor's Business Daily, the Los Angeles Times, and Le Figaro, among others.

Ms. Furchtgott-Roth is a frequent guest on FOX Business News, and she has appeared on numerous other TV and radio shows, including CNBC's Larry Kudlow Show, C-SPAN’s Washington Journal, and PBS’s The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Ms. Furchtgott-Roth’s areas of expertise include employment, taxation, education, pensions, unionization, and immigration. Ms. Furchtgott-Roth was assistant to the president and resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute from 1993 to 2001. From 1987 to 1991 she was an economist at the American Petroleum Institute, where she authored papers on energy and taxation.

Ms. Furchtgott-Roth received her B.A. in economics from Swarthmore College and her M.Phil. in economics from Oxford University.

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Articles/Op-eds

At the 11th Hour, Obama & Boehner Begin to Deal, RealClearMarkets.com, 12-18-12
Immigrants Come to Work, So Let's Ease Their Arrival, RealClearMarkets, 01-29-13
A Critical Moment For Immigration Reform, Washington Examiner, 01-29-13
America's Major Problem is Unlimited Spending, Washington Examiner, 01-25-13
Why the Unions are Shrinking , Washington Examiner, 01-22-13
Obama Lays Out the Case for Big Government, RealClearMarkets, 01-22-13
Only Growth Can Sustain Us, New York Times Room for Debate, 01-17-13
Obama, Unions and the Anti-Business Agenda, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 01-17-13
Obama Must Come Back To the Table, Washington Examiner, 01-15-13
Don't Be Fooled By the Meritless Carbon Tax, RealClearMarkets, 01-15-13
A Good Dinner, a Friendly Chat, an Effective Policy , Washington Examiner, 01-08-13
3 Ways Congress Can Boost Growth, RealClearMarkets, 01-08-13
Higher Taxes Penalize Working Wives, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 01-04-13
A New Year's Resolution: Tax Reform, Washington Examiner, 01-01-13
Obama Can Resolve Cliff by Backing His 2011 Plan, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 12-27-12
Maybe You Never Met Bork, But He Made Your Life Better, Washington Examiner, 12-25-12
Cutting Corporate Taxes Would Stimulate Economy, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 12-20-12
It's a Fact That Politicians Wreck Work Incentives, RealClearMarkets, 12-11-12
Medicare Is Unsustainable In Current Form, Wall Street Journal Market Watch, 12-06-12
Cut Tax Rates, Boost Tax Revenues, RealClearMarkets, 12-04-12
'Fiscal Cliff' Deal Needs Spending Cuts, Washington Examiner, 12-04-12
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Books

Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies Are Damaging America's Economy, September 2012
Women's Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America, July 2012

Research

The Economic Benefits of Immigration Issue Brief 18, February 2013
Why Savings are Suffering: Fed QE3 Policy Costs Seniors Issues 2012 32, November 2012
Roundtable: Are You Better Off than You Were Four Years Ago? Issues 2012 31, October 2012
The Merits of a Territorial Tax System Issues 2012 29, October 2012
The Food Stamp Recovery: The Unprecedented Increase in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program 2008–12 Issues 2012 23, September 2012
The Expensive, Elusive Green Job Issues 2012 20, September 2012
Whither Workforce Training? Issues 2012 21, August 2012
Solyndra and the Perils of Green Industrial Policy Issues 2012 19, July 2012
Pipelines Are Safest for Transportation of Oil and Gas Issues 2012 17, June 2012
The Unemployment Crisis for Younger Workers Issues 2012 14, May 2012
Who Really Owns the Oil Companies? Issues 2012 11, May 2012
The Dangers of Raising Taxes on Investment Income Issues 2012 5, April 2012
How Tax Expenditures Hurt the Economy - and What to Do About It Issues 2012 9, April 2012
How Obamacare Increases Unemployment Issues 2012 6, March 2012
How to Lower Gasoline Prices Issues 2012 4, March 2012
The Myth of Increasing Income Inequality Issues 2012 2, March 2012

Tax Notes

Corporate Tax Reform Should Come First, November 2012
Higher Capital Gains Taxes Will Cause Capital Erosion, February 2012
The Portman Solution, December 2011
The Pros and Cons of Carbon Taxes, November 2011
Honesty Is the Best Policy for Federal Budgets, October 2011

Testimony

Podcasts