Armey, Dick

Armey, Dick (Richard Keith Armey), 1940-, U.S. congressman, b. Cando, N.Dak., grad. Jamestown College, Univ. of Oklahoma (Ph.D.). A Republican and former economics professor at North Texas State Univ., he was first elected to the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas in 1984. He conceived the independent nonpolitical commission that became responsible for identifying those military bases to be closed as a cost-cutting measure. A conservative and political ally of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Armey advocated the phasing out of Social Security and farm subsidies and opposed President Clinton's health-care reform proposals. He became House majority leader in 1995, the year his Freedom Revolution was published. After retiring in 2003, he worked as a lobbyist and served as chairman of FreedomWorks, a nonprofit organization that advocates small government, promotes conservative activism, and opposes President Obama's policies and proposals.

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List of economists

This is an alphabetical list of notable economists, that is, experts in the social science of economics. There is also a separate list of politicians with economics training.