Eric Fruits

Eric Fruits serves as director of economic research at the International Center for Law & Economics. He leads data-driven economic analysis on antitrust, competition policy, and the regulation of technology and telecommunications.

Alongside his ICLE role, Fruits is president and chief economist of Economics International Corp., where he provides economic, finance, and statistical analysis and serves as an expert witness in state, federal, and international courts.

He has also held long-running academic appointments. Fruits serves as an adjunct professor at Portland State University, teaching courses in urban economics, real estate finance, and state-and-local public finance. He previously served as an adjunct professor at the Pacific Northwest College of Art and as editor of the Center for Real Estate Quarterly.

Earlier in his career, Fruits worked in senior economic and consulting roles, including vice president of research at the Cascade Policy Institute, principal consultant at Nathan Associates, senior economist at ECONorthwest and LECG, and economist at Econ One. He began his academic career as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Southern California Marshall School of Business and the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University.