Barry Asmus

Dr. Barry Asmus is a Senior Economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis.  Dr. Asmus has been named by USA Today as one of the five most requested speaking in the United States. Over the last twenty-five years, Dr. Asmus has spoken to thousands of companies and associations throughout the United States.  He has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee regarding our income tax system and was a featured speaker in a privatizing Social Security conference for Western European leaders.  On recent trips to Romania, Albania, China and Peru, Dr. Asmus has encouraged government leaders to pass free-market, low tax, protected property rights and free trade policies.

Dr. Asmus is the author of nine books.  His book, Crossroads: The Great American Experiment was nominated for a H.L. Mencken Award.  As a Professor of Economics, he was twice voted University Professor of the Year and was honored with the Freedom Foundation Award at Valley Forge for Private Enterprise Education.  He co-anchored a syndicated radio called Perspectives on the Economy.  Dr. Asmus is an effective advocate of free market economics. He is a recognized thinker who delivers his ideas in an enthusiastic and energy filled presentation.

• 5. Healing Health Care in America

  How much would you buy if you went shopping with someone else's credit card? Yet, this is how today's health care system works. We are spending everyone's money except our own. Is it sustainable? No. Can we do something about it?
  
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  Health Savings Accounts create the necessary incentives for a competitive health care system. A high deductible catastrophic insurance plan would cover the high costs, while an individual health saving account would cover all the smaller charges. Reforming Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements would also allow hospitals to overcome the governmental mandate of free health care, currently at $30 billion annually. Tort reform and limitations on medical liability are necessary to slow down the practice of defensive medicine. Widespread use of electronic medical record keeping is imperative for cost and quality control. Dr. Asmus' presentation offers real world solutions to run-away health care costs.

• 4. Powering America's Energy Future

  As a Senior Economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis, Dr. Asmus has argued for removing laws that restrict the development of domestic energy supplies. By 2020, Asmus estimates that America will consume 125 quads of energy, a 25 percent shortfall from the current supply. France doubled its energy independence by building 57 nuclear power reactors in the last 30 years. The U.S. should do the same. By drilling in Alaska, in America's Outer Continental Shelf, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in states that have huge deposits of shale and coal our dependence on foreign oil would fall dramatically, as would energy prices. Both wind and solar energy will be helpful in the long term, but they are only intermittent sources of future power. Do we want more oil, gas, and electricity or more regulation, taxes, and dependence? The choice is ours.

• 3. Freedom: Still America's Best Investment

  The most vital force of our country has been freedom. Freedom unleashes more energy and genius than any alternative. America, the biggest island of freedom in the world, has always been the place people run to when, in hope or hopelessness, they are running from somewhere else. When freedom proceeds, prosperity follows. When freedom leads, the mutually beneficial exchange of capitalism moves nation's forward. Dr. Asmus makes a compelling case for why America produces nearly a third of the world's wealth, most of the world's Nobel Laureates and a majority of the world's inventions with less than 5 percent of the world's population. Democratic capitalism and freedom are still the best hope for mankind.

• 2. Globalization: International Prosperity and its Impact on America

  The opportunities embedded in entrepreneurial capitalism, a growing population, and a rapidly globalized world are stunning. As the Internet continues to transform the world, making the planet the relevant market and connecting everyone as both producers and consumers, the role of emerging countries will be something to celebrate. And, because drivers like freedom, prosperity and technology produce such transforming outcomes, the question is how to harness the power of those incentives. The world will once again move forward after a very painful backward step.

• 1. America's Economic Future

  The U.S. has experienced 13 recessions in the past 80 years and the economy has always come back. The significant growth rates of 4th quarter 2009 and 1st quarter 2010 indicate that recovery is here. We must fix the mistakes of the Federal Reserve’s massive credit bubble; the Congressional mistakes of pressuring lenders to extend mortgages to unqualified borrowers; and the blunders of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac guaranteeing one half of the U.S. $12 trillion mortgage market and nearly all the sub-prime loans. The confluence of these anti-market incentives produced a catastrophic financial meltdown. The central task now is to focus on sustained economic growth: reduce taxes and deficits, encourage government entities at all levels to sell assets, encourage entrepreneurial actions, and harness the power of incentives to produce jobs and prosperity.

• I've never heard a speaker who could combine today's news with yesterday's lessons and tomorrow's promise as well as you.
  American Express
• It was a privilege to be a part of this exclusive event and to be enlightened and inspired by your presentation.
  Cold Stone Creamery
• Your energy and positive outlook are contagious. I found myself energized and motivated by an economist. What an achievement on your part!
  First National Bank
• We have been putting this meeting on for a number of years and had numerous speakers. In all those years, I have never had so many people come up to me and tell me what an incredible speaker we had. Virtually everyone I came in contact with made it a point to tell me this.
  Cardinal Health, Generic Product Management
• Your enthusiasm and your obvious faith in the free-enterprise system were well-received by our attendees, many of whom were out spoken in their praise of your comments.
  United Van Lines
• You are unique package! Outstanding credentials, obvious in-depth knowledge of economics and business and great platform skills. Your ability to make your audience have fun, while probing some very deep subjects are an outstanding combination. Your ability to quickly again rapport with your audience is amazing.
  Integrity Systems
• Thank you for your speech of encouragement and your help to alleviate inequality and poverty throughout Africa. President Mandela especially appreciated being with your group.
  The Nelson Mandela Foundation
• You entertained them, made them think, made them laugh and ended the conference on a wonderful note. All the things that I had heard about your presentation from other hospital associations were true, and our members thoroughly enjoyed it.
  Virginia Hospital Research and Education Foundation
• Your keynote speech on prospects for the American economy was engaging and relevant. It put agriculture and its affiliated careers into context for the young people in attendance. Your presentation was energetic and thought-provoking, and I have no doubt that the Ambassadors carried your ideas home with them to share with their fellow students.
  College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, The University of Arizona

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  January 2006

  Bulls Don’t Blush, Bears Don’t Die

  Business expansions don’t die. They are assassinated. Bulls discusses the implications of the infusers and destroyers of both wealth and poverty. Part I discusses the reasons for a continued strong American business expansion. Part II explains we might transform the three costly burdens of social security, health care and education into competitive systems that work. And, Part III describes eleven of the most recognized countries in the world for their 21st century potential.

  
  
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  July 2001

  The Best Is Yet To Come

  From start to finish this dramatic American saga is a testament to the importance of freedom. The epic struggle between interventionist government and free markets is ongoing. Globalization, driven by capitalism, is the international system replacing the Cold War and is the most promising approach to overcoming poverty the world has ever seen.

  
  
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  January 1996

  Apollo

  An entertaining space fiction book for kids that holds a students attention with a tension filled story while concurrently teaching important economic principles.

  
  
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  March 1995

  When Riding a Dead Horse, for Heavens Sake....Dismount!

  An examination of the dying steeds of the Industrial Age using humor, parody, and common sense. The book provides an invigorating and positive outlook for our country and its citizens. Economic policy, demography, politics, and technological trends drive history. This book is your fresh horse, divided into three parts: Part 1-- What in the World is Going On? which discusses the Technological Age, Part 2--What in the U.S. is Going On? which discusses the decentralization of information, Part 3--What in the White House is Going On? which examines the agenda of former President Clinton’s administration.

  
  
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  January 1995

  It's Tea Time Again

  Can you imagine a nation where there is no income tax, no IRS, and no welfare state? Well, you need not imagine it. It is called eighteenth century America. It's Tea Time, Again, is a reminder of our unique origins, an explanation for our successes, a restatement of our dream, a warning about our drift toward government dependency, and an inspiration for our future. Its America rejects governmentalism, readers will be interested in its replacement.