Biography

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Barry was twice voted the Outstanding Professor of the Year as well as honored with the Freedom Foundation Award at Valley Forge for Private Enterprise Education.

As the Senior Economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis, Dr. Ausmus does not just speak on policies -- he is also involved with their implementation. He has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on switching from an income tax to a consumption tax; was a featured speaker in a privatizing Social Security Conference for Western European leaders held in France and spoke as part of the faculty for the Young President's Organization in Cape Town, South Africa. His Fall 2001 appearance at the Forbes' Chateau de Balleroy in France with former Czech Prime Minister Vaclav Klaus, members of the British Parliament and other Western European leaders focused on the importance of public policy decisions in Europe and how they might meld with the global economy. Dr. Ausmus has debated members of former President Clinton's Administration on making American health care competitive using Medical Savings Accounts. He is a strong advocate of free market/limited government solutions.

Dr. Ausmus has explained the economic concepts needed to navigate the evolving network economy to worldwide firms like Compaq, Hewlett Packard, IBM and a host of other audiences. Based on durable free market economic principles, his presentations apply the current issues of the information economy to help decision-makers formulate informed and effective choices in a global, e-commerce world.