Vance Ginn

Associate Research Fellow
Vance Ginn, PhD, is founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting, LLC based near Austin, Texas, and an Associate Research Fellow with AIER. He is also staff economist at Americans for Tax Reform, and formerly chief economist at Texas Public Policy Foundation, Pelican Institute for Public Policy, and White House’s Office of Management and Budget, June 2019 to May 2020.

Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs — Decline Is a Policy Choice

Silicon Valley isn't dying — it’s decentralizing. Tech firms are expanding in lower-cost states and taking jobs with them.

Why California Is Bleeding Tech Jobs —  Decline Is a Policy Choice

Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data

CFPB’s new data mandate grows regulatory power by redefining “protection” as permission. Washington is fusing monetary and informational control.

Section 1033: DC’s Quiet Takeover of Your Financial Data

Government Promised Healthcare for All. It Gave Us Waiting Lines

The question is simple: will we continue feeding the healthcare bureaucracy — or will we empower patients?

Government Promised Healthcare for All. It Gave Us Waiting Lines

The OECD’s Warning to America: Economic Growth Is Slipping

The OECD’s projections are a flashing red light, not a prophecy. The fix is clear: spend less, regulate less, and trust people more.

The OECD’s Warning to America: Economic Growth Is Slipping

Texas Trounces California in Energy Production—But the Policy Gap Is Closing

Texas’s energy sector outproduces California’s, delivering lower prices and greater reliability. But government meddling threatens to undo many of these benefits.

Texas Trounces California in Energy Production—But the Policy Gap Is Closing

Why Americans Should Fear Washington in Intel’s Boardroom

Turning Intel into a government partner undermines competition and national prosperity.

Why Americans Should Fear Washington in Intel’s Boardroom

Econ 101: A Compass for a Lost Country

If every American — politician, voter, taxpayer, schoolchild — learned these 20 simple sentences, we'd be unstoppable.

Econ 101: A Compass for a Lost Country

Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole

We’ve seen this before: fear, overregulation, and political hubris at the dawn of an economic breakthrough. Will we learn from history — or repeat its mistakes? In every era of…

Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole

Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole

The President's order curbs federal overreach, yet its silence on state regulation risks chaos and stagnation.

Trump’s AI Plan Aims High, But Leaves a Gaping Hole

The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts

Washington's dismal fiscal situation is driven by out-of-control government. Spending, Congress and Larry Summers, is what keeps the debt mounting.

The Real Debt Threat: Government Spending, Not Tax Cuts