Daniel Griswold is senior research fellow and co-director of the Program on the American Economy and Globalization at the Mercatus Center. Before joining the Mercatus Center, Daniel served as president of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) from 2012 to 2016, representing its members in Washington before Congress and regulatory agencies. From 1997 to 2012, Griswold directed the Cato Institute’s trade and immigration research program.
Daniel is the author of the 2009 Cato book, Mad about Trade: Why Main Street America Should Embrace Globalization. He has testified before congressional committees, commented frequently for TV and radio, authored articles for The Wall Street Journal and other national publications, and addressed business and trade groups across the country and around the world. Before joining Cato, Daniel was editorial-page editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette, a daily newspaper, and a press secretary on Capitol Hill. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, and a diploma in economics and an M.Sc. in the Politics of the World Economy from the London School of Economics.
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What Congress Should Learn from Small Business
- Published on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Although I am uncertain how the majority of Americans view this Washington sequestration soap opera, many small business owners are disgusted. Sequestration is just another example of mismanagement in a long line of examples. This is no way to run a superpower.
Government is not a business. It has different goals and objectives. Small business owners realize that managing government is unlike managing a business, and running the world’s most important power is a difficult and daunting challenge.
Italian Voters Create Uncertainty for Business and Investment
- Published on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Italian voters' rejection of the austerity program carried out by the technocrat administration may deliver one of several options: a Grand Coalition catering to all political tastes, a minority center-left administration or a bridging of the Bersani-Berlusconi divide. In any case, a feisty and unstable marriage in Rome is expected, whether or not fresh elections are required.
Cutting Government Is Easier Said Than Done
- Published on Friday, February 22, 2013
Presidential candidate Mitt Romney got himself into a lot of trouble last year by making disparaging remarks about the so-called “47 percent” of Americans who rely on the government for their needs. Actually, that number is much higher, and without a lot of those government programs, you may as well move the country to Botswana or someplace like that, which also doesn’t have indoor plumbing.
Veteran Entrepreneurs Offer Great Vision and Value
- Published on Thursday, February 21, 2013
Most Americans have recognized the valuable contributions of veterans and members of our military services ever since the founding of the Republic. What’s surprising to many is this: veteran entrepreneurial accomplishments also create tremendous economic value not only for themselves, but also for American cities and towns. Their leadership in the re-newel of American communities needs to be recognized and supported.
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