Ryan Young is the 2009-2010 Warren Brookes Journalism Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His writings communicate ideas from economics and classical liberal political theory in layman’s terms. His articles apply the economic way of thinking to issues from airplane baggage restrictions to fiscal stimulus to salary caps in baseball. He has been published in Politico, Investor’s Business Daily, Real Clear Markets, and other outlets. He also writes the popular “Regulation of the Day” feature for Open Market, CEI’s staff blog.

Ryan holds an M.A. in economics from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, and a B.A. in history from Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He was previously Fellow in Regulatory Studies at CEI, and worked in the Cato Institute’s government affairs department.
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