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Peter Ferrara is a senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy, a senior fellow at the Social Security Institute, and the general counsel of the American Civil Rights Union at the Heartland Institute.
Ferrara heads the Social Security Project of the Free Enterprise Fund, which supports the Bush administration's effort to privatize Social Security. [2]
He served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President Reagan, and as Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States under President George H.W. Bush. [3]
"Any speaker, any authority, any journalist or bureaucrat asserting the catastrophic danger of supposed man-caused global warming needs to be asked for their response to Climate Change Reconsidered. If they have none, then they are not qualified to address the subject." [4]
"While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland’s work on climate change." [4]
May 21 - 23, 2012
Ferrera was a speaker at the Heartland Institute's Seventh (and last) International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC7).
DeSmogBlog researched the co-sponsors behind Heartland's ICCC7 and found that they had collectively received over $67 million from ExxonMobil, the Koch Brothers and the conservative Scaife family foundations.
2005
Ferrera Admitted that he took money from lobbyist Jack Abramoff to write Op-Ed pieces boosting the lobbyist's clients.
"I do that all the time," Ferrara says. "I've done that in the past, and I'll do it in the future."
Ferrara said "he doesn't see a conflict of interest in taking undisclosed money to write Op-Ed pieces because his columns never violated his ideological principles." [5]
The Heartland Institute — Senior Fellow for Entitlement and Budget Policy. [6]
Social Security Institute — Senior Fellow. [6]
George Mason University — Associate professor of law, 1987-91. [7]
Cato Institute — Senior Fellow and Former Associate Policy Analyst, 1988-91. [8]
Heritage Foundation — Senior Fellow, 1993 - 1994. [9]
National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) — Senior Fellow (until 1995). [9]
International Center for Law and Economics — Past Director. [10]
Virginia Club for Growth — Past President. The group appears to be defunct. [11]
Institute for Policy Innovation (IPI) — Senior Policy Advisor, Social Security and Medicare. [12]
The American Civil Rights Union — Legal Director, General Counsel. [13]
The Carleson Center for Public Policy — Senior Fellow. [14]
Free Enterprise Fund — Director, Social Security Project.
Americans for Tax Reform (ATR) — Past senior policy advisor on social security. [15]
Virginia Institute for Public Policy — Past Member, Board of Scholars. [16]
According to a press release announcing his appointment at the Heartland Institute, Ferrara has written studies and reports for the Cato Institute, The Heritage Foundation, National Center for Policy Analysis, Family Research Council, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and a wide range of other institutions and publications. [7]
He has also written in The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Forbes, The American Spectator, National Review, Human Events, The Weekly Standard, Policy Review, and elsewhere.
Books
Sourcewatch lists some of Ferrara's publications:
Peter J Ferrara, "The Choctaw revolution: Lessons for Federal Indian policy", Americans for Tax Reform Foundation, January 1998, ISBN 0966583418
John C. Goodman , Peter J. Ferrara , "The Clinton Health Plan", National Center for Policy Analysis, May 1994, ISBN 1568080182
Peter J. Ferrara, "Common Cents, Common Dreams: A Layman's Guide to Social Security Privatization", National Book Network, September, 1999, ISBN 1882577760
George Bittlingmayer , Allan C. Carlson , Peter J. Ferrara , Vaclav Klays , Nancie G. Marzulla , Patrick Minford , Virginia Postrel , Fred L. Smith, Jr., Samuel R. Staley , Walter E. Williams, "Competition or Compulsion?: The Market Economy Versus the New Social Engineering", Hillsdale College Press, September 2001, ISBN 0916308588
Peter J. Ferrara, "Conservatives Back Bush Idea for Social Security," Human Events, January 23, 2004.
Allan C. Carlson, Peter Ferrara, David Hartman, John Mueller, Joe Wilson, Mrs. Charmaine C. Yoest, "Family Tax Equity", Family Research Council, July 10, 2003.
Peter J. Ferrara, Free the Mail: Ending the Postal Monopoly, editor (1989)
Peter J. Ferrara, "Issues '94: The Candidate's Briefing Book", Alliance Book Corporation, December 1994, ISBN 9995949733
Peter J. Ferrara,"More Than a Theory: Medical Savings Accounts at Work," Cato Institute, Policy Analysis no. 220,March 14, 1995.
Peter J. Ferrara, A New Deal for Social Security, coauthor (1998)
Peter J. Ferrara"The Next Steps for Medicare Reform", Cato Institute, Policy Analysis no. 305 , April 29, 1998.
Peter J. Ferrara, Michael Tanner, "A New Deal for Social Security", Cato Institute, September 1998, ISBN 1882577620
Peter J.Ferrara, "Parker v. District of Columbia amicus curiae brief", Americn Civil Rights Union, June 16, 2006.
Peter J. Ferrara,"A Plan for Privatizing Social Security," Cato Institute, Social Security Paper no. 8,April 30, 1997.
Peter J. Ferrara, "Religion & the Constitution: A Reinterpretation", Rowman & Littlefield, January 1983, ISBN 0942522060
Peter J. Ferrara, "Social Security: The Inherent Contradiction", National Book Network, June 1980, ISBN 0932790240
Peter J. Ferrara,Social Security: Prospects for Real Reform, editor (1985)
Peter J. Ferrara, "Social Security Reform: The Family Plan", Heritage Foundation, December 1982, ISBN 9993853666
"Appointments, January 21, 1984," Ronald Reagon Presidential Library. Archived March 21, 2005.
Jeffrey H. Birnbaum. "Private-Account Concept Grew From Obscure Roots," The Washington Post, February 22, 2005.
"Peter Ferrara," Profile at Forbes.
Peter Ferrara. "Fakegate: The Obnoxious Fabrication of Global Warming," (Op-Ed), Forbes, March 1, 2012.
Eamon Javers. "Op-Eds for Sale," Businessweek, December 16, 2005. Archived May 5, 2012, with WebCite.
"Heartland Experts: Peter Ferrara," The Heartland Institute. Accessed May 5, 2012.
"Peter Ferrara Named Senior Fellow by The Heartland Institute," PRWeb, April 27, 2011.
"Peter J. Ferrara," Profile at the Cato Institute. Accessed May 5, 2012.
"Pension Liberation for Texas" (PDF), Heartland.org.
Peter Ferrara. "The Tax-Cut Critics," National Review, May 20, 2003.
"CHAPTER PRESIDENT'S WELCOME," Virginai Club for Growth. Archived October 8, 2003.
"Peter Ferrara," Profile at ipi.org. Accessed May 5, 2012.
"Leadership and Staff," The American Civil Rights Union. Accessed May 5, 2012.
"Policy Board, Leadership & Staff," The Carleson Center for Public Policy. Accessed May 5, 2012.
"THE NEW PROGRESSIVISM: PERSONAL SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNTS
FOR WORKING PEOPLE," (PDF), U.S. Social Security Administration, September 6, 2001.
"BOARD OF SCHOLARS," Virginia Institute for Public Policy. Archived February 18, 2007.
"Peter J. Ferrara," SourceWatch.
"Peter Ferrara," Wikipedia.
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