Daniel Oliver (policymaker)
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Daniel Oliver | |
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| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, Writer, Editor |
Daniel Oliver, Harvard (BA) and Fordham Law School is the former executive editor of National Review from 1973 to 1976 and the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission from 1986 to 1989.
Background
Daniel Oliver grew up in New York City. He graduated from Harvard College and Fordham Law School. From 1959 to 1962, he served in the US. Army, stationed in California and Germany. In 1965, he was a candidate for New York's state assembly campaigning with William F. Buckley in his mayoral race. In 1970, he worked as the Director Research for James L. Buckley's successful New York senatorial race.
He has served as President of the academic-filled neoliberal Philadelphia Society, and is a past senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation, as well as chairman of the San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute for Public Policy.
Early Career
Oliver was the General Counsel at the Department of Education from 1981 to 1983 under President Ronald Reagan. He was General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture from 1983 to 1986 before becoming the Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission.
Milk Cartel Battle
The Oliver-run Federal Trade Commission was known as one of the most anti-cartelist in the nation's history. In 1986 and 1987 Oliver led the fight to deregulate the price of milk in New York. He awarded a “National Consumer Fleece Award” to New York State Agriculture Commissioner Joseph Gerace for his support of the New York Milk Cartel which prevented a New Jersey dairy from selling milk in parts of New York City. After Oliver, on the steps of City Hall at Christmas time, said Gerace had “brazenly upheld one of the most anti-consumer monopolies in the country” Oliver wished the Commissioner a “Fleece Navidad.” The quip garnered Oliver headlines nationwide, and shortly afterwards the state’s support for the dairy cartel collapsed, and Gerach resigned under pressure from the Cuomo administration.
Post-Reagan Administration
Oliver is currently Chairman Emeritus of the Pacific Research Institute, and Chairman of the Board of Education and Research Institute, an organization founded in 1974 by the late M. Stanton Evans, one of the founders of the modern conservative movement in America.
Oliver also writes a column as “The Candid American,” which appears in a variety of publications including The Federalist, Daily Caller, Ricochet, The American Conservative, and The Washington Times.
He is also Senior Director of the Washington, D.C.-based White House Writers Group, a public policy and corporate consultancy. Oliver focuses particularly on anti-trust.