Harold Furchtgott-Roth

Harold Furchtgott-Roth is the President and Founder of Furchtgott-Roth Economic Enterprises in Washington, DC, where he consults on issues related to the communications sector of the economy. Previously, he was a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute where he completed the writing of “A Tough Act to follow,” a book about the difficulties implementing the Telecommunications Act of 1996. From 1997 to 2001, Mr. Furchtgott-Roth served as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In that capacity, he served on the Joint Board on Universal Service. He is one of the few economists to have served as a federal regulatory commissioner, and the only one to have served on the FCC. Before his appointment to the FCC, he was Chief Economist for the House Committee on Commerce and a principal staff member on the Telecommunications Act of 1996. Earlier in his career, he was Senior Economist with Economists Incorporated and Research Analyst with the Center for Naval Analyses. Mr. Furchtgott-Roth is a member of the Washington Legal Foundation's Legal Policy Advisory Board. He is the coauthor of three books: “Cable TV: Regulation or Competition,” “Economics of A Disaster: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill,” and “International Trade in Computer Software.” (This is me - Update Profile)