About the Authors

James Bovard is author of The Fair Trade Fraud, The Farm Fiasco, and, most recently, Lost Rights: The Destruction of American Liberty.

W. M. Curtiss (1904-1979) served as executive secretary for The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in Irvington, New York.

Richard M. Ebeling is the Ludwig von Mises Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, Michigan, and serves as vice president of academic affairs for The Future of Freedom Foundation.

Bettina Bien Greaves is resident scholar at The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE), Irvington-on-Hudson, New York.

Jacob G. Hornberger is founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation.

William L. Law is chairman of the board of Cudahy Tanning Company in Cudahy, Wisconsin.

Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973) was the author of Human Action, The Theory of Money and Credit, Socialism, and many other works.

Leonard E. Read (1898-1983) was the founder of The Foundation for Economic Education (FEE) in Irvington, New York.

Lawrence W. Reed is president of The Mackinac Center for Public Policy in Midland, Michigan.

Gregory F. Rehmke is director of economics in argumentation at the Free Enterprise Institute in Houston, Texas.

Sheldon Richman is senior editor at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., and the author of Separating School & State: How to Liberate America’s Families, published by The Future of Freedom Foundation.

Ron K. Unz, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, received more than a third of the vote in his 1994 Republican primary challenge to California Governor Pete Wilson.