Diana Furchtgott-Roth, an Oxford-educated economist, is an Adjunct Professor at George Washington University and a Distinguished Fellow at the Energy Policy Research Foundation. She writes and comments regularly on energy, trade law, tariff authority, and regulatory policy, including recent work on Section 301 and executive trade power. From 2022 until February 2026, Diana headed the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment at The Heritage Foundation. In President Trump's first term, she was Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the U.S. Department of Transportation and Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of Treasury. She served in the White House under Presidents Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush, including as Chief of Staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers and Chief Economist of the U.S. Department of Labor, and has testified before Congress on economic and regulatory policy. Diana is the author or coauthor of six books, including Regulating to Disaster, and hundreds of articles in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times, National Review, Forbes, the UK’s Daily Telegraph and the New York Post.
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Climate Change and Policy
Texas A&M Student Chapter
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Fort Worth, TX 76102
Should Hawai'i Have a Renewable Energy Mandate?: A Debate
Hawaii Student Chapter
The University of Hawaii at Manoa William S. Richardson School of Law2515 Dole St
Honolulu, HI 96822
Wealth Tax Debate: Effective or Unwise?
Florida Student Chapter
University of Florida Levin College of Law309 Village Drive
Gainesville, FL 32611
Women in the Modern Era
Pace Student Chapter
Elisabeth Haub School of Law78 North Broadway
White Plains, NY 10603
The Implications of the FTC's Proposed Ban on Noncompete Agreements
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
Teleforum
The Implications of the FTC's Proposed Ban on Noncompete Agreements
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
In January 2023, the FTC announced a proposed rule that would ban noncompete agreements across...
The Implications of the FTC's Proposed Ban on Noncompete Agreements
A Regulatory Transparency Project Webinar
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Litigation Update: Garrison v. U.S. Dept. of Ed.: A Challenge to Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness
In August 2022, the Biden administration announced plans to cancel up to $20,000 in student...
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Talks with Authors: Unsettling Climate Science
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Popular and political discussions of the climate invariably invoke “The Science” as settled. But a...
