Diana Furchtgott-Roth

Diana Furchtgott-Roth (born 1958) is an economist who currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology at the United States Department of Transportation. She previously served as Acting Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy at the U.S. Department of the Treasury.[1][2] Before joining the Trump Administration, Furchtgott-Roth served as a senior fellow and director of Economics21 at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and as an adjunct professor of economics at George Washington University. She was nominated by President Donald Trump to become Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Research and Technology. On January 3, 2021, her nomination was returned to the President under Rule XXXI, Paragraph 6 of the United States Senate.[3] Furchtgott-Roth was previously the chief economist of the United States Department of Labor, chief of staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, deputy executive director of the United States Domestic Policy Council, and junior staff economist at the Council of Economic Advisers.[4] A former columnist for MarketWatch and Tax Notes, she has authored several books.[5]

Diana Furchtgott-Roth
Born1958
United Kingdom
EducationSwarthmore (B.A), Oxford University (M.Phil)
OccupationEconomist

Education and career

Diana Roth was born to Ellen and Gabriel Roth in England in 1958. Her family moved to America in 1967.[6] Her father was an economist at the World Bank. They lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland.[7] After receiving a B.A. from Swarthmore College, Roth returned to England and earned a M.Phil. in economics at Oxford University.

Furchtgott-Roth was an economist on the staff of President Ronald Reagan's Council of Economic Advisers in 1986–87. From 1991 to 1993, she was deputy executive director of the White House Domestic Policy Council and associate director of the State Department's Office of Policy Planning under President George H. W. Bush. From 1993 to 2001, she was a resident fellow and assistant to the president at the American Enterprise Institute. In 2001–02, Furchtgott-Roth was the chief of staff of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers, and from 2003 to 2005, she was chief economist at the United States Department of Labor. From 2005 to 2011, she was a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute. Furchtgott-Roth is currently a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and director of Economics21. Her book Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America's Young, coauthored with Jared Meyer, received the 2016 Sir Antony Fisher International Memorial Award.[5]

Views

She is an advocate of lower taxes and less burdensome regulations in order to increase economic growth. She has proposed putting longshore unions and employers under the Railway Labor Act instead of the National Labor Relations Act,[8] and argues that raising the minimum wage would do more harm than good because it would deprive low-skill workers and teens of jobs.

Personal life

As of 2016, she and her husband Harold had six children and two grandchildren.[6]

Bibliography
  • Women’s Figures: An Illustrated Guide to the Economic Progress of Women in America (1999, second edition, 2012)
  • The Feminist Dilemma: When Success Is Not Enough (2001)
  • Overcoming Barriers to Entrepreneurship in the United States (editor) (2008)
  • How Obama’s Gender Policies Undermine America (2010)
  • Regulating to Disaster: How Green Jobs Policies are Damaging America's Economy (2012)
  • Disinherited: How Washington Is Betraying America’s Young (2015) (co-authored with Manhattan Institute fellow Jared Meyer)

References
  1. "Diana Furchtgott-Roth". U.S. Department of Transportation. 7 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  2. Crilly, Rob (June 9, 2020). "Trump transport official still waiting for Senate confirmation after nearly three years". Washington Examiner. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  3. "PN1596 - Nomination of Diana Furchtgott-Roth for Department of Transportation, 116th Congress (2019-2020)". www.congress.gov. 2021-01-03. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  4. Mulero, Eugene (October 3, 2017). "White House Nominates Economist for Top Research, Technology Post at DOT". Transport Topics. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  5. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Key Additions to his Administration". The White House. September 28, 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  6. "Prepared Statement of Ms. Diana E. Furchtgott-Roth". U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Oct 3, 2002.
  7. "The Right Kind of Economist". Swarthmore College Bulletin. Oct 2012.
  8. "Labor laws need to be fixed as goods languish at U.S. ports". MarketWatch, Inc. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2015-03-22.
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