Morgan Reynolds

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}}{{Use American English|date=August 2020}}{{short description|American economist}}

Morgan O. Reynolds is the former director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis in Dallas, Texas, and a retired professor of economics at Texas A&M University. He served as chief economist for the United States Department of Labor in 2001–2002, during George W. Bush's first term.{{Cite web |url=https://mises.org/profile/morgan-o-reynolds-0 |title=Morgan O. Reynolds |date=2014-08-04 |publisher=Mises Institute |language=en |access-date=2019-06-16}} A member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth, Reynolds was one of the first prominent government officials to claim that 9/11 was an inside job.{{Cite web|last=Barber|first=Peter|date=June 6, 2008|title=The truth is out there|url=https://www.ft.com/content/8d66e778-3128-11dd-ab22-000077b07658 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221211/https://www.ft.com/content/8d66e778-3128-11dd-ab22-000077b07658 |archive-date=December 11, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Financial Times}}{{Cite web|last=Jarvik|first=Elaine|date=2006-01-28|title=BYU professor's group accuses U.S. officials of lying about 9/11|url=https://www.deseret.com/2006/1/28/19935125/byu-professor-s-group-accuses-u-s-officials-of-lying-about-9-11|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Deseret News|language=en}}

Reynolds received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. His books include Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income: The United States, 1950, 1961, 1970 (with Eugene Smolensky, 1977),Reviews of Public Expenditures, Taxes, and the Distribution of Income:

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