Wayne T. Brough

Chief Economist and Vice President of Research, FreedomWorks

Wayne Brough is a resident senior fellow on R Street’s Technology and Innovation team and a policy advisor to The Heartland Institute. He focuses his research in antitrust and competition policy, intellectual property, and patent law.

Prior to R Street, Wayne was the president of the Innovation Defense Foundation, a free-market think tank focusing on technology policy that he co-founded. Additionally, Wayne was the chief economist and vice president for research for FreedomWorks, where he oversaw research on a broad portfolio of issues, promoting market-based solutions to public policy questions.

Wayne received his PhD in economics from George Mason University, with a focus in industrial organization and public choice.