Brink Lindsey

Brink Lindsey is a Senior Vice President at the Niskanen Center, where he plays a leading role in developing and articulating the Center’s distinctive policy vision. He has written about a wide range of policy issues as well as American social, economic, and cultural history.

Prior to joining Niskanen, Lindsey was Vice President for Research at the Cato Institute. From 2010 to 2012, he was a Senior Scholar in Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.

Lindsey publishes essays regularly at "The Permanent Problem" on Substack. He is the author of several books, most recently the upcoming The Permanent Problem (January 2026).