Edward J. López
Senior Fellow, Director of the Center on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Edward J. López
Senior Fellow, Director of the Center on Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Edward J. López is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Independent Institute. He is also Professor of Economics and BB&T Distinguished Professor of Capitalism at Western Carolina University, where he teaches classes in microeconomics, law and economics, and the ethics of capitalism. Dr. Lopez earned his Ph.D. in Economics at George Mason University.
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{content}Deconstructing the Council of Economic Advisers’ Balance of Payments Report
Summary A July 2026 report by the Council of Economic...
The Fall of Fauci
Fauci has met his reckoning, but the cautionary tale will always be important.
Kelo’s Legacy: 21 Years of Economic Development Failures
Eminent domain was meant to spur economic development. More than two decades later, it’s still a good time to restrict the power.
The Call of the Tribe
Mario Vargas Llosa’s writing career spans six decades and extends from literature to politics...
North Carolina’s Economy Depends on Immigrant Workers
The national furor over immigration has hit North Carolina hard. Recent...
Washington’s Bipartisan Crack-Up Foretells a Turn Toward Economic Freedom
Partisanship and waste. Corruption and scandal...
Segway Police: Unsafe at Any Speed?
Today at SFO's teeming passenger pick up curb, I saw about 20-25 San Francisco police passing...
Edward López with David Theroux on the New Book, The Pursuit of Justice
Independent Institute Research Fellow Edward...
Is U.S. Justice Broken?
From fingerprinting to criminal sentencing, from lawyer licensing to judicial selection, and from eminent...
Special Interests and Government Failure
Failure. If asked to boil down the government’s multitude of programs and...
