Julian Morris
Senior Fellow, Reason Foundation
Julian Morris is a senior fellow at Reason Foundation.
Morris is currently the director of innovation policy at the International Center for Law and Economics. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a master's degree in economics. Graduate studies at University College London, Cambridge University and the University of Westminster resulted in two further master's degrees and a Graduate Diploma in Law (equivalent to the academic component of a JD).
Morris is the author of dozens of scholarly articles on issues ranging from the morality of free trade to the regulation of the Internet, although his academic research has focused primarily on the relationship between institutions, economic development and environmental protection. He has also edited several books and co-edited the Electronic Journal of Sustainable Development.
Before joining Reason, Morris was executive director of International Policy Network, a London-based think tank which he co-founded. Before that, he ran the environment and technology programme at the Institute of Economic Affairs, also in London. Morris has also been a visiting professor in the Department of International Studies at the University of Buckingham (UK).
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Devastating Fires Show Forest Management Reforms Are Badly Needed
How to fix the management of forests in the Northwest to better prevent and fight wildfires
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Obama’s Clean Power Plan Is Bad News for California
The White House recently released its Clean Power Plan, which aims to reduce the nation’s carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent by 2030.
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The Social Cost of Carbon Underestimates Human Ingenuity, Overestimates Climate Sensitivity
The Clean Power Plan and climate change models assume the climate is more sensitive to increases in carbon dioxide than is actually the case
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Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon Emissions
New analysis finds carbon emissions may have a net beneficial effect, recommends setting social cost of carbon at zero
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Rebutting the Obama Administration’s Clean Power Plan’s Claims
Plan is likely to harm public health, increase energy bills, destroy jobs, and cause blackouts in communities across the country
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What California Can Learn from Australia’s Water Reforms
While government has a role to play in the definition, enforcement, and tradability of water rights, it should otherwise get out of the way
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Six Water Reforms California Can Take from Australia
Establish strong water rights that allow the rights holders to buy, sell, trade and conserve water
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A Market-Based Approach From Australia Can Help Solve California’s Water Crisis
Here are six fixes California can implement based on Australia's successful water allocation system reforms
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Australia’s Drought Strategy Would Work for California
Allow markets to work, and bottom-up solutions will quickly emerge
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Obama Administration Report Overstates Wind Power’s Potential, Understates Costs and Limitations
Cost of wind power generation more likely to fall if wind is forced to compete in the market, far less so if it continues to receive subsidies
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Repealing Plastic Bag Bans Is Good for Shoppers and Likely the Environment Too
California ballot initiative creates opportunity for more debate on bag bans
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Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Renewable Portfolio Standards
A Guide for Policymakers
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Plastic Bag Bans Are a Not a Panacea for Environmental Ills
Bans harm the environment, raise consumer costs and reduce personal freedom
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How Green Is that Grocery Bag Ban?
An assessment of the environmental and economic effects of grocery bag bans and taxes
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An Evaluation of the Effects of California’s Proposed Plastic Bag Ban
A plastic bag ban will cost consumers but won't improve the environment
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Smoking, Plain Packaging and Public Health
The introduction of "plain packaging" has done little to reduce demand for cigarettes in Australia
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Warning Label Legislators Think You’re Dumb
Proposed warnings on sugary drinks are misleading and more likely to harm, not benefit, consumers' health
