Specialties: Ayn Rand’s Views on Capitalism, Free Market Economics, Private Sector Unions, Wage and Labor Disputes, Regulations in Manufacturing, Transportation, and Retail.

Dr. Doug Altner is an analyst at the Ayn Rand Center, focusing on labor and industrial policy. His writings have appeared in Investor’s Business Daily and on the institute’s blog, Voices for Reason. He is frequently a guest on radio programs, such as The Mike Slater Show and Butler on Business. He is also a regular guest commentator on Front Page with Allen Barton on PJTV.com.

He holds a Ph.D. in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. Prior to joining the Ayn Rand Center, Doug was an assistant professor of operations research at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis. Doug also teaches through many of the Ayn Rand Institute’s educational programs.

Contact

Doug Altner
Analyst and Instructor
daltner@aynrand.org

Articles and Commentary

Op-Eds

• Private Equity Firms Want Their Acquisitions to Profit, Not Fold

Blog Posts

• Government Seizing the Wheel of Automobile Design
• The Forgotten Man of the Minimum Wage Debate
• Opposing Walmart For Its Virtues
• Regulations Getting Between You and Your Beer
• Minimum Wage Laws Restrict Freedom
• Labor Laws Give The Unreasonable A Seat At The Table
• General Motors’ Shotgun Wedding With The United Auto Workers
• Did General Motors Give In To The United Auto Workers Too Much?
• Google Is Not A Public Utility
• Fast Food Wages Are Not Determined by Needs
• Wanting to Have Your Pizza and Eat It Too
• [More blog posts by Doug Altner]

Video

• Radio: Right-to-Work Laws
• Radio: Should We Mint a Trillion Dollar Coin?
• PJTV: Obama Abandons Liberty and Sets New Path for America
• PJTV: Green Waste: Another Obama-Backed Energy Company Fails
• PJTV: Green War! Obama Declares Trade War on China
• PJTV: Big Money in Bailouts? Government Turns Profit in AIG Bailout, But What About GM?
• PJTV: Working Ourselves to Death: Why Seniors Can’t Afford to Retire
• PJTV: Civil Servants Living Large: Washington DC Is Booming, as Nation Struggles
• [More audio and video appearances by Doug Altner]