Discovery Institute's program on Economics examines national fiscal and monetary policy and works to foster economic growth by limiting tax and regulatory barriers to businesses and individuals alike. Specific study areas include tax and regulatory reform, the growth of electronic currency, Internet taxation and financial privacy. The program connects to many other projects of the Institute, including technology, transportation and the environment, among others.

The program features Senior Fellow Richard Rahn, a founding Chairman of Novecon Technologies Corporation, which is now Sterling Semiconductor, a subsidiary of Uniroyal Technology Corporation. He previously served as Vice President and Chief Economist of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Executive Vice President and a member of the Board of the National Chamber Foundation, and as the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Economic Growth. Dr. Rahn has written hundreds of articles for newspapers and magazines such as The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Times, American Spectator and The Weekly Standard, and has contributed to numerous books and professional journals. As an economic commentator, he has appeared on such programs as the Today Show, Good Morning America, Wall Street Week, MacNeil-Lehrer Newshour and Crossfire, and was a weekly commentator for Radio America. He is the author of the book The End of Money and the Struggle for Financial Privacy (Discovery Institute Press, 1999), and has testified before the U.S. Congress on economic issues more than seventy-five times.

Worth noting is that much of the writing of Senior Fellows George Gilder and Bret Swanson also focus on economic issues.

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