Joshua D. Wright
Joshua Daniel Wright (born January 20, 1977) is an American economist and legal scholar who served as a commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from 2013 to 2015. At the time of his nomination, Wright was the fourth economist to serve as a commissioner of the FTC.
Joshua D. Wright | |
|---|---|
| Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission | |
| In office January 2013 – August 2015 | |
| President | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | J. Thomas Rosch |
| Succeeded by | Rohit Chopra |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 20, 1977 San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | University of California, San Diego (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD, PhD) |
| Awards | Bator Award (2014) |
He was a professor of law at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School between 2004 and 2023, and was the executive director of its Global Antitrust Institute. He resigned from George Mason after multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
Wright is a scholar in the fields of antitrust law, law and economics, and consumer protection, and was described in National Review to be "widely considered his generation's greatest mind on antitrust law." He has published more than 100 articles and book chapters, co-authored a casebook, and edited several book volumes in these fields. Wright has served as co-editor of the Supreme Court Economic Review and senior editor of the Antitrust Law Journal, and in 2014 received the Paul M. Bator Award.