Joshua D. Wright

Joshua Daniel Wright (born January 20, 1977) is an American economist, attorney, and former government official. Wright 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 an FTC commissioner. Wright 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 (GAI). In 2023, Wright resigned from George Mason following eight allegations of sexual misconduct from former students.

While on the FTC, Wright advocated a laissez-faire approach to antitrust enforcement. After leaving the commission, the FTC inspector general found that Wright violated federal conflict of interest laws by representing Qualcomm and lobbying the FTC to drop a lawsuit it was pursuing against the company. While working as a law professor, Wright led the Global Antitrust Institute, which received significant funding from companies including Google, Apple, and Meta Platforms.''The Wall Street Journal'' reported that Wright's clients ended their relationship with him in 2023 following a series of sexual misconduct allegations.

As a scholar, Wright's work has focused on the fields of antitrust law, law and economics, and consumer protection. In 2013, Wright was described by the ''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. Provided by Wikipedia