Robert L. Bradley Jr. (born June 17, 1955) is CEO and founder of the Institute for Energy Research, a think tank that supports fossil fuels.
[5] He went on to receive a master's degree in economics from the University of Houston in 1980 (thesis: "Interpretations of the Wicksellian Idea"[6]) and in 1985 a Ph.D. in political economy (with distinction) from International College, Los Angeles, where the chairman of his dissertation committee was Murray Rothbard.
He received the Julian L. Simon Memorial Award in 2002 for his work on free market approaches to energy sustainability.
"[12] Bradley has edited two autobiographies: Done In Oil by J. Howard Marshall II (Texas A&M University Press, 1994) and Everyone Wins!
[15] The final volume, Contra-Capitalism: Enron and Beyond, is planned for publication in 2026, the twenty-fifth anniversary of the company's fall.