Will Romney be able to compromise and work with Congress if he is elected president? Ed discusses how Mitt Romney would advance the administration's agenda if he were elected. ... Read More
Howard Dean & Ed Conard Preview The First Presidential Debate
What's in store when Obama and Romney meet for the first debate? ... Read More
Ed Conard on “Fox & Friends” during the Republican National Convention
Ed Conard discusses why Mitt Romney should not apologize for his successful record at Bain Capital. ... Read More
How America Can Lead the Global Economy
What I learned at Bain Capital working with Mitt Romney: outsourcing is good and America's future isn't manufacturing, it's ideas. Foreign Policy Magazine By Edward Conard | June 7, 2012 The United States must integrate its economy more fully with China and India to maximize their dependence on the United States for employment, innovation, and growth in order to cement its leadership role. This dependence not only increases the chances of a mutually beneficial ... Read More
Businessweek review by Roger Lowenstein
With his bashing of private equity, Barack Obama has given Mitt Romney a huge opening. Edward Conard, Romney’s friend and former partner at Bain Capital, is eagerly seizing that opportunity with his manifesto for private investment, Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong. Conard is eloquent and passionate about the virtue of investment and even the merits of America’s trade deficit. He’s the ideal guy to challenge post-crash ... Read More
Romney’s Former Partner: Mitt Has ‘Deep Understanding’ of Economy
Newsmax Sunday, 13 May 2012 10:15 PM By Andra Varin and John Bachman Mitt Romney understands how the economy works and he is ready to focus on long-term growth by encouraging private investment in innovation, author Ed Conard told Newsmax TV. Conard, a former partner in Romney’s Bain Capital, is the author of “Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You’ve Been Told About the Economy Is Wrong.” In the book, he argues that the Obama administration has discouraged ... Read More
Edward Conard on “Big Think”
Ed Conard: The Man Behind the 'Most Hated Book in America' Jonathan Fowler and Elizabeth Rodd | May 21, 2012 Due to his argument that income inequalty is a sign that the economy is working, The New York Times called former Bain Capital Managing Director Ed Conard's book, Unintended Consequences: Why Everything You've Been Told About The Economy Is Wrong the "most hated book in America." In this far-ranging interview with Big Think's CEO Victoria Brown, Conard ... Read More