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Wayne Crews (email) started the HyperFamily Network and Dysfunction blog as a side project. He is a married father of four. 

Separately, he is vice president for policy and director of technology studies at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. His work includes regulatory reform, antitrust and competition policy, safety and environmental issues, and various information age concerns such as privacy, online security, broadband policy, and intellectual property. He is the author of the yearly report, Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State (here's the new edition), and he co-authored the recent reports This Liberal Congress Went to Market? a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress and Communications without Commissions: A National Plan for Reforming Telecom Regulation.

Wayne is co-editor of the books Who Rules the Net: Internet Governance and Jurisdiction (2003) and Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property In the Information Age (2002). He is co-author of What’s Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism (2003), and a contributing author to others. Crews is an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute.

Wayne has published in outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, Communications Lawyer, and the Electricity Journal. He has made various TV appearances on Fox, CNN, ABC, CNBC and others, and his regulatory reform ideas have been featured prominently in such publications as the Washington Post, Forbes and Investor’s Business Daily. He is frequently invited to speak, and has testified before congressional committees on various issues.

Earlier Wayne was a legislative aide in the United States Senate to Sen. Phil Gramm, covering regulatory and welfare reform issues. He was an Economist and Policy Analyst at Citizens for a Sound Economy Foundation, and has worked as an economist at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and as a Research Assistant at the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. He holds an M.B.A. from William and Mary and a B.S. from Lander College in Greenwood, South Carolina. He was a candidate for state senate as a libertarian while at Lander. 

Books & Chapters 

"The Revolution Spins toward More Regulation," in The Republican Revolution: Ten Years Later (2005).

Who Rules the Net?, edited by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (2003).

What's Yours Is Mine: Open Access and the Rise of Infrastructure Socialism, by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (2003).

The Half-Life of Policy Rationales: How New Technology Affects Old Policy Issues, contributor (2002)

Copy Fights: The Future of Intellectual Property Rights in the Information Age, coeditor (2002)

"Intellectual Property," Chapter 40 of the Cato Handbook for Congress, 108th Congress.

Reports

This Liberal Congress Went to Market? a Bipartisan Policy Agenda for the 110th Congress, January 10, 2007.  

Giving Chase in Cyberspace, On Point, October 24, 2006

Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Regulatory State, June 28, 2006

Preventing Identity Theft and Data Security Breaches: The Problem With Regulation, Issue Analysis, May 9, 2006

Communications without Commissions: Issue Analysis, October 18, 2005

Cybersecurity Finger-pointing: Regulation vs. Markets for Software Liability, Information Security, and Insurance, by Clyde Wayne Crews, Jr. Issue Analysis, May 31, 2005

Cybersecurity and Authentication Issue Analysis, November 8, 2004

"Birth of the Digital New Deal: An Inventory of High-Tech Pork-Barrel Spending," by Adam D. Thierer, Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Thomas Pearson, Policy Analysis no. 457, October 28, 2002.

"Human Bar Code: Monitoring Biometric Technologies in a Free Society," Policy Analysis no. 452, September 17, 2002.

"The Digital Dirty Dozen: The Most Destructive High-Tech Legislative Measures of the 107th Congress," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, Policy Analysis no. 423, February 4, 2002.

"Why Canning "Spam" Is a Bad Idea," Policy Analysis no. 408, July 26, 2001.

"The Antitrust Terrible 10: Why the Most Reviled "Anti-competitive" Business Practices Can Benefit Consumers in the New Economy," Policy Analysis no. 405, June 28, 2001.

"Electric Avenues: Why "Open Access" Can't Compete," Policy Analysis no. 301, April 13, 1998.

Congressional Testimony and Other Filings

The Antitrust Modernization Commission: Proposed Issues for Reform, Regulatory Comments and Testimony, September 30, 2004

"Spam and its Effects on Small Business," Congressional Testimony before the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and Oversight of the Committee on Small, October 30, 2003.

"Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Regulation," Congressional Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, May 10, 2001.

 Rethinking Electricity Deregulation: Does Open Access Have It Wired -- Or Tangled?  Testimony of Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives, 1334 Longworth House Office Building July 24, 1999. 

 The Regulatory Right-to-Know Act: Making Regulatory Disclosure Work:    Testimony Before the Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources & Regulatory Affairs, Committee on Government Reform, U.S. House of Representatives, March 24, 1999. 

 Comment On the Agreement Between Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers and Network Solutions, by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Director of Competition and Regulation Policy, November 28, 1999. 

 Comments  on the Draft Report to Congress on the Costs and Benefits of Federal Regulations, to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Submitted by Wayne Crews, September 1, 1997. 

 Testimony of Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources, Committee on Resources, U.S. House of Representatives.  Privatization of the Power Marketing Administrations.  May 18, 1995. 

 Comments of the Competitive Enterprise Institute In the matter of: Recovery of Stranded Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities. (Docket No. RM94-7-001.) Delivered by Wayne Crews, August 4, 1995.   

Articles

Media Ownership Rules vs. Separating Speech and State, April 30, 2007

Up In the Sky: A Bird, a Plane. No, It’s the FCC!, April 19, 2007

EU takes a swipe at Microsoft, March 9, 2007

Can Congress Tell a Virtual World from the Real One?, February 1, 2007

The FCC's challenge: Separating speech and state, January 9, 2007

Time for a virtual games Declaration of Independence, December 14, 2006

Unleash the media, December 2, 2006

Gambling with freedom, November 9, 2006

Statement Opposing the “Audio Flag” Provisions of the "Communications, Consumers’ Choice, and Broadband Deployment Act" News Release, June 22, 2006

Data Mismanagement, June 8, 2006

Sunset the FCC, Washington Times, April 15, 2006

U.S. tech: Get to China, Washington Times, March 1, 2006

Too Smart For Our Own Good Washington Post, October 31, 2004

Antitrust: Sherman's March Across the Globe, EU Reporter, September 13, 2004

Wave of Regulations Will Follow Tsunami of Federal Spending, Investor's Business Daily, July 27, 2004

Can You Overhear Me Now?, Washington Times, July 7, 2004

Should the Government Fund Nanotechnology Research?, CQ Reporter, June 1, 2004

Google Gmail Jousting, Washington Times, May 11, 2004

"The World Wide Web (of Bureaucrats?)," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, OpinionJournal.com, October 9, 2005

"Freedom to Choose Google's "Gmail"," Cato.org, May 1, 2004

"The Plot to Stop the Internet Telephone Revolution," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge, February 9, 2004. 

"Everybody Wants to Rule the Web," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, Cato.org, December 17, 2003

"Wishful Anti-spam Thinking," Washington Times, December 7, 2003

"Google as a Public Utility? No Results in This Search for Monopoly," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge, November 14, 2003. 

"What Media Monopolies?," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2003

"A Defense of Media Monopoly," Communications Lawyer, vol. 23, no. 3, Fall 2003. 

"Washington's Ten Thousand Commandments -- and What to Do About Them," Investor's Business Daily, July 8, 2003

"Protecting Privacy in the Database Nation," Detroit News, June 22, 2003

"Stop This Today!," National Review, June 13, 2003

"Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State," Cato Paper, June 8, 2003. 

"Washington's Big Little Pork Barrel: Nanotechnology," Cato.org, May 29, 2003

"The Big Media Boogyman," by Adam D. Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, May 27, 2003

"When Molecules Fly," Techcentralstation.com, May 15, 2003

"Junk Legislation Can't Solve Junk E-Mail Dilemma," Atlanta Journal-Constitution, May 11, 2003

"Entitled to Entertainment? The Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam Thierer, TechKnowledge, January 13, 2003. 

"'Partial' Information Awareness," Techcentralstation.com, January 9, 2003

"The Poindexter Awareness Office: Turning the Tables on Mr. Supersnoop," Orange County Register, January 5, 2003

"Whatever Happened to Leaving the Internet Unregulated?," by Adam D. Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, December 22, 2002

"Internet Libel Ruling: Talk About a Kangaroo Court," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge, December 16, 2002. 

"Libel on the Net: Who Decides?," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, Orange County Register, December 15, 2002

"Total Information Awareness for the Ages," Cato.org, December 3, 2002

"The Pentagon's Total Information Awareness Project: Americans Under the Microscope?" TechKnowledge, November 26, 2002. This article originally appeared on National Review Online on November 25, 2002. 

"The Chill from the Pentagon," Nationalreview.com, November 25, 2002

"EchoStar-DirecTV Merger Critics Propose Infrastructure Socialism in Outer Space," by Adam Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., TechKnowledge, October 08, 2002.

"Human Bar Code," Cato.org, October 4, 2002

"How Far Can Hollywood Go to Protect Copyrights?" by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam Thierer, A Cato Commentary, TechKnowledge, September 23, 2002. 

"Regulatory Spending Escalation," Washington Times, September 3, 2002

"Compulsory Entertainment?," Techcentralstation.com, July 15, 2002

"No Regulation Without Representation," Cato.org, July 9, 2002

"Snoop, There It Is," Techcentralstation.com, June 18, 2002

"Should Washington Ban Internet Gambling?," Cato.org, June 13, 2002

"Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State," Cato Paper, June 11, 2002. 

"Government Can't Protect Kids from Porn -- But Parents Can," San Diego Union-Tribune, May 17, 2002

"Just Don't Do It: The Digital Opportunities Investment Trust (DO IT) Fund," by Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. and Adam D. Thierer, Cato.org, May 13, 2002

"Deregulator in Chief," (first appeared in TechnoPolitics), April 5, 2002.

"The EchoStar-DirecTV Merger: Antitrust Folly Reaches Outer Space," TechKnowledge, December 5, 2001. 

"Cyber-Surveillance in the Wake of 9/11," by Adam D. Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, October 19, 2001

"Anonymity in America: Does National Security Preclude It?," TechKnowledge, October 11, 2001. 

"Cyber-Surveillance in the Wake of 9/11," TechKnowledge, September 18, 2001. 

"Trespass in Cyberspace: Whose Ether Is It Anyway?," TechKnowledge, September 10, 2001. 

"Musical Mandates: Must the Pop Music Industry Submit to Compulsory Licensing?," Cato.org, August 23, 2001

"When Rights Collide: Principles to Guide the Intellectual Property Debate," by Adam D. Thierer and Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Cato.org, June 19, 2001

"Is the Internet Bad for Democracy?" TechKnowledge, August 31, 2001. 

"Structural Separation of the Bells - An Idea Whose Time Has Passed," TechKnowledge, August 20, 2001. 

"Musical Mandates: Must the Pop Music Industry Submit to Compulsory Licensing?," TechKnowledge, August 15, 2001. 

"Ten Thousand Commandments," Techcentralstation.com, August 9, 2002

"When Rights Collide: Principles to Guide the Intellectual Property Debate," TechKnowledge, June 4, 2001. 

"One Internet Is Not Enough," TechKnowledge, April 11, 2001. 

"The Libertarian Vision for Telecom and High-Technology," TechKnowledge, April 3, 2001. 

"Policymakers Should 'Opt Out' of Privacy Legislation," Techcentralstation.com, March 13, 2001

"Federal Regulators Not on AOL's BuddyList," Cato.org, January 12, 2001

"AOL-Time Warner: Not Big Enough for Tomorrow's Internet," Cato.org, January 5, 2001

"Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Policymaker's Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State," Cato Paper, 2001.

"Land of Ten Thousand Commandments," TechnoPolitics.com (Summer 2001)

"When Rights Collide: Principles to Guide the Intellectual Property Debate," TechKnowledge (June 4, 2001)

"Unsolicited Commercial Electronic Mail Regulation," Congressional Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee (May 10, 2001)

"Ten Thousand Commandments: An Annual Policymaker's Snapshot of the Federal Regulatory State" (2001)

"One Internet Is Not Enough," TechKnowledge (April 11, 2001)

"The Libertarian Vision for Telecom and High-Technology," TechKnowledge (April 3, 2001)

"Pick Your Net," Forbes Magazine (April 2, 2001)

"Policymakers Should "Opt Out" of Privacy Legislation," Cato Daily Commentary (March 13, 2001)

"Federal Regulators Not on AOL's BuddyList," Cato Daily Commentary (January 12, 2001)

"AOL-Time Warner: Not Big Enough for Tomorrow's Internet," Cato Daily Commentary (January 5, 2001)

"Electric Avenues: Why 'Open Access' Can't Compete," Cato Institute Policy Analysis no. 301 (April 13, 1998)

“Open Access to Electricity? What a Shocking Idea,” Wall Street Journal, August 27, 1998.

 “Not Big Enough for Tomorrow’s Internet,” Washington Times, Sunday, January 23, 2000. 

 “Electric Utilities are Not Natural Monopolies,” Wall Street Journal, 1997. 

 “Here’s a Winning Issue, Mr. Dole,” (with Karen Kerrigan) Wall Street Journal, March 7, 1996.

 “Behind the Breakup Curve on Microsoft,” Washington Times, May 22, 2000.

 “Get Your Own Network” in Executive’s Corner, Electric Light and Power Magazine, July 1999.

 “Micro-Managing Bill Gates,” Washington Times, March 2, 1998. 

 “An Instant Message to AOL’s Competitors,” CEI UpDate, August 30, 2000.

 “Antitrust Not on Internet Time: Microsoft Remedies Discount Serious Competitive Threats,” CEI OnPoint by Wayne Crews, March 28, 2000.  (featured on Microsoft’s Freedom to Innovate Network Homepage, April 2000) 

Network Effects: Does Luck of Talent Rule the High-Technology Market?CEI On Point, February 27, 1998.

 In The Eyes Of The Justice Department, Protecting Your Own Internet Privacy Is Cause For Alarm,” C:\SPIN by Wayne Crews, and Sam Kazman, 2/4/00

 Let’s Have More Moratoria, C:\SPIN, 2/3/00.

  The Open-Source Code Commode,” C:\SPIN, 12/12/98.

 “Gorging on Regulations,” Washington Times, April 26, 2000.

 Hello! You've Gotten Acquired!,” C:\SPIN, 11.23.98.

 “Regulatory Budget Check,” CEI UpDate, 4.00.

 "The Other Federal Budget" for UpDate, 2000.

 “So, What Will This Unfunded Mandate Cost Me?,” OnPoint by W. Crews, Feb. 8.

 “Computers and Competition: A Primer for CongressOnPoint, July 22, 1998.

 Electricity Deregulation: Wired or Tangled in the 106th Congress’s Committees?” CEI OnPoint No. 45, July 22, 1999.

 “The Simple ABCs of Regulatory Reform,” OnPoint by W. Crews, March 18, 1999.

 “Deficit Spending End Run,” Washington Times, March 17, 2000. 

 “The Consumer Cost of Regulations,” Consumers’ Research, March 1998.

Jump, Jive an’ Reform Regulation: How Washington Can Take a Swing at Regulatory Reform , February 2000.  

 , Independence Institute Issue Paper, July 22, 1999. 

 "Promise and Peril: Implementing a Regulatory Budget," Policy Sciences, Vol. 31, No. 4,

Electric Utility Reform: The Free Market Alternative to Mandatory Open Access,” Electricity Journal, Volume 10, Number 10, December 1997.    

 

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