# Chris Edwards **URL:** --- Chris Edwards is the director of tax policy studies at Cato and editor of [www.DownsizingGovernment.org](http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/). He is a top expert on federal and state tax and budget issues. Before joining Cato, Edwards was a senior economist on the congressional Joint Economic Committee, a manager with PricewaterhouseCoopers, and an economist with the Tax Foundation. Edwards has testified to Congress on fiscal issues many times, and his articles on tax and budget policies have appeared in the _Washington Post_, the _Wall Street Journal_, and other major newspapers. He is the author of [_Downsizing the Federal Government_](https://www.cato.org/store/books/downsizing-federal-government-hardback) and coauthor of [_Global Tax Revolution_](https://www.cato.org/store/books/global-tax-revolution-rise-tax-competition-battle-defend-it-hardback). Edwards holds a BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo and an MA in Economics from George Mason University. He was a member of the Fiscal Future Commission of the National Academy of Sciences.