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Edgar K. Browning
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Edgar K. Browning is Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University and the author of the book, Stealing from Each Other: How the Welfare State Robs Americans of Money and Spirit (Praeger, 2008). He received his Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University.

Professor Browning's articles have appeared in numerous scholarly journals, including the Journal of Public Economics, National Tax Journal, Public Finance Quarterly, American Economic Review, and Journal of Political Economy. His other books include Microeconomic Theory and Applications (with Mark Zupan) and Public Finance and the Price System (with Jacquelene M. Browning).

Independent Review Articles
The Anatomy of Social Security and Medicare	Summer 2008
The Transfer Society: Economic Expenditures on Transfer Activity	Fall 2002
The End of Welfare: Fighting Poverty in the Civil Society	Summer 1997

Commentary
Obama’s Economic Agenda: This Is Change?	September 22, 2008
The Leaky Bucket	September 5, 2008
Our Trillion-Dollar War	September 5, 2008
Social Security Increases Poverty	August 22, 2008