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Florida is home to two SPN right-wing think tanks: the James Madison Institute (JMI) and the Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA).

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3/22/19): The James Madison Institute announced on March 22 that “Bream has had to cancel her appearance at our annual dinner.” JMI announced that the keynote speaker will instead be Jason Riley, “a Wall Street Journal columnist, Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, Fox News commentator, and best-selling author.”

Fox News anchor Shannon Bream, who is part of the network’s “news division,” is scheduled to keynote a fundraiser for a conservative group alongside Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Bream and DeSantis are set to speak at the James Madison Institute’s 2019 annual fundraising dinner on April 3. Tickets for the event start at $150. JMI also stated that sponsors to the event “get access to our VIP reception before the dinner with special guest Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody,” who is a Republican.

JMI is a nonprofit organization that describes itself as “Florida’s premier free-market think tank.” The organization has ties to billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch. In 2016 and 2017, the Charles Koch Foundation gave JMI a combined $392,000 for general operating support.

While the organization states that it is nonpartisan, it has heavily praised Republican officials and their policies:

In 2013, Progress Florida and the Center for Media and Democracy issued a reportcriticizing JMI on issues such as its anti-environmental policies and funding by the Kochs. From the report:

Over the years, JMI has released several “studies” and reports that deny global warming is happening, call for an end to clean energy programs, advocate for expanded offshore drilling despite the risks to Florida’s shores from deeper wells (like BP’s Deep Water Horizon), and push for corporate tax breaks, all of which would directly benefit the Koch brothers’ corporate and personal interests.

Bream is part of Fox’s purported “news division,” which Fox News executives point to when touting the channel’s alleged independence (in reality, the "news" and opinion sides are both cogs in the same propaganda machine). She said in a 2017 interview with TVNewser about her then-upcoming program Fox News @ Night: “I’m in the news division, so it will be all straight news, not opinion. Certainly we’ll have people on the program from all sides of the story, but it’s really about giving our viewers another straight hour of news.”

DeSantis has frequently appeared on Fox News,including onBream's program. Fox News helped DeSantis win both his Republican primary and general election campaigns and host Sean Hannity campaigned for DeSantis in Florida.

Media Matters has documented Bream’s long history of misinforming viewers about reproductive rights topics. She has also helped champion right-wing efforts to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

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Dr. Bob McClure is the President and CEO of The James Madison Institute (JMI). JMI is a nonpartisan, public policy research organization based in Florida; founded in 1987, JMI is a statewide organization with members in Florida, across the country and around the world. JMI’s ideas are rooted in the U.S. Constitution and the principles of economic freedom, limited government, education reform, healthcare reform and private property rights. Labeled a “heavy hitter” by Florida Trend magazine, the Institute’s work has appeared in every media market in the state, as well as nationally including USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Newsmax, the Washington Examiner, Drudge Report and more.

Dr. McClure was appointed by Governor Jeb Bush to the Florida Elections Commission and has served on the State of Florida Education Strategic Planning Council. He has been published at both the state and national level on numerous topics including property rights, tax policy, healthcare and education reform, lectured nationally on multiple policy issues, and quoted on the floor of the U.S. Senate. 

Bob served on the Florida Advisory Council of the National Center for Policy Analysis. He was appointed to theFlorida Committee for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rightsand is a member of the Editorial Board for theJournal of School Choice.He also served in an advisory capacity on thetransition teams of both Governor Rick Scott and Attorney General Pam Bondi.Currently, he serves on the Economic Advisory Council for Governor Scott. He also recently received the Governor’s Business Ambassador Award for his dedication to the promotion of free enterprise in Florida.

A 5th generation Floridian, Bob’s grandfather, J. Robert McClure Sr., was appointed Assistant Attorney General for the state of Florida in 1949 and served in that capacity until his death in 1964. His great uncle, Turner Davis, served as President of the Florida Senate in 1955.His great-grandfather, Charles E. Davis, served as Senate President in 1915.They remain the only father and son to both serve as Senate President. Charles E. Davis also served on the Florida Supreme Court during the Depression.

Bob has served on the Boards of both Leadership Tallahassee and the Life Skills Charter School. He was also President of the St. Peter’s Anglican Church Foundation, Inc. and has held various leadership positions with the United Way, the Downtown Rotary Club of  Tallahassee, St. Peter’s Anglican Church and World Class Schools of Leon County. He completed his PhD in policy at the University of Florida and is a member of their Blue Key Honor Society. Bob is married to his wife of 21 years, Julie, and together they have two daughters – ages 18 and 14.

- See more at: http://www.jamesmadison.org/about/j-robert-mcclure-iii.html#sthash.7WUHjYsq.dpuf

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James Madison Institute (JMI) is a right-wing advocacy group that calls itself a "think tank" and describes its mission as "to keep the citizens of Florida informed about their government and to shape our state's future through the advancement of practical free-market ideas on public policy issues."[1] It was founded in 1987 and is a member of the State Policy Network(SPN), a web of state pressure groups that denote themselves as "think tanks" and drive a right-wing agenda in statehouses nationwide. An August 2013 board document of the related group the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) alleges that JMI is a "former SPN member,"[2] but the SPN website still lists JMI as a full member as of December 2013,[3]and a July 2013 JMI fundraising proposal to Searle Freedom Trust was included in a packet of SPN proposals in August 2013.[4]

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Questionable Campaign Contribution

JMI contributed $591 to the Republican Party of Florida in June 2006, according to the National Institute on Money in State Politics.[5] The IRS prohibits 501(C)(3) nonprofits from engaging in any political activity and explicitly states that campaign contributions are a prohibited campaign activity.[6] It is not clear if this contribution was a reimbursement of some kind or what the legal rationale was for this money flowing from a charity to a political party.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council

JMI has ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). It was listed as a member of ALEC's Education Task Force and Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force until it terminated its membership on February 13, 2013 because "SPN did not renew [JMI's] membership," according to an August 2013 ALEC board document obtained by The Guardian.[2] It has also had ties through a member of its Research Advisory Council, James M. Taylor, also of the Heartland Institute. Mr. Taylor is involved with the ALEC Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force as a frequent guest speaker.[7][8]

JMI was listed as a new member of ALEC's Education Task Force as of April 2012.[9]

Please see SPN Ties to ALEC for more.

About ALEC
ALEC is a corporate bill mill. It is not just a lobby or a front group; it is much more powerful than that. Through ALEC, corporations hand state legislators their wishlists to benefit their bottom line. Corporations fund almost all of ALEC's operations. They pay for a seat on ALEC task forces where corporate lobbyists and special interest reps vote with elected officials to approve “model” bills. Learn more at the Center for Media and Democracy's ALECexposed.org, and check out breaking news on our PRWatch.org site.

Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity

The James Madison Institute has hosted writers from the ALEC-connected Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity, which screens potential reporters on their “free market” views as part of the job application process.[10] The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.[11] Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.[12][13] On its website, the Franklin Center claims it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide."[14]

Franklin Center Funding

Franklin Center Director of Communications Michael Moroney told the Center for Public Integrity (CPI) in 2013 that the source of the Franklin Center's funding "is 100 percent anonymous." But 95 percent of its 2011 funding came from DonorsTrust, a spin-off of thePhilanthropy Roundtable that functions as a large "donor-advised fund," cloaking the identity of donors to right-wing causes across the country (CPI did a review of Franklin's Internal Revenue Service records).[15] Mother Jones called DonorsTrust "the dark-money ATM of the conservative movement" in a February 2013 article.[16] Franklin received DonorTrust's second-largest donation in 2011.[15]

The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,[17] a conservative grant-making organization.[18]

The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based Sam Adams Alliance (SAM),[19] a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the State Policy Network,[20] which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.[21] Charles Koch, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.[22] SAM also receives funding from the Rodney Fund.

Funding

The James Madison Institute has received more than $1 million from organizations funded by the Koch brothers and has consistently advocated for policies that protect the Kochs' bottom line rather than the best interests of Floridians, according to a November 2013 report by Progress Florida and the Center for Media and Democracy.[23]

The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation contributed $83,479 to JMI between 2007 and 2011. However, as the report notes, "the Kochs are known to fund special interest groups in ways other than through the charities in their name. For example, it has been discovered that Koch Industries funds some of the SPN groups directly, and because that corporation is not publicly traded, its donations are not publicly reported. Similarly, it has been documented that the Koch brothers fund special interests through personal checks and trust account transfers (not from their charities) to other groups that are not required to publicly report their donations."[23]

JMI received $963,742 from DonorsTrust and Donors Capital Fund between 2005 and 2011, "two funds that have been closely tied to the Kochs but which obscure the percentage of their grants coming from Koch money. In 2011, contributions from the Donors groups made up 10 percent of JMI's grants," according to the report.[23]

In its 2006 annual report, the Cato Institute states that it gave a grant of $100,000 to the James Madison Institute.[24]

Core Financials

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Personnel

As of November 2013:[28]

Board of Directors

Research Advisory Council

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Contact Details

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100 North Duval Street

Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: (850) 386-3131

Toll-free (866) 340-3131

Fax: (850) 386-1807

Email: jmi AT jamesmadison.org

Website: http://www.jamesmadison.org

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  23. ↑ ^Jump ^up to:23.0 23.1 23.2 Progress Florida and Center for Media and Democracy, [LINK The James Madison Institute and the Foundation for Government Accountability: Lawmaking under the Influence of Very Special Interests], organizational report, November 13, 2013.
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e James Madison Institute and the Foundation for Government Accountability are part of the State Policy Network, a Koch-funded, ALEC-allied organization whose members provide the appearance of “independent” voices advocating for ALEC’s corporate agenda. The notion that these groups are independent actors couldn’t be further from the truth. • JMI: The James Madison Institute has been a member of ALEC and was introduced as a “new member” at ALEC’s Education Task Force May 2012 meeting in Charlotte, NC. JMI’s anti-public school agenda links back to ALEC and Jeb Bush’s Foundation for Excellence in Education (FEE)8 , and includes increased charter school funding, unaccountable private school vouchers, parent-trigger and more. Dr. Matthew Ladner, senior advisor of policy and research at FEE recently received a “Lifetime Bunkum Award” from the National Education Policy Center at the University of ColoradoBoulder for promoting false and misleading information in pushing ALEC’s school choice agenda9 . • FGA: The Foundation for Government Accountability has been active in ALEC: o In December 2011, FGA’s founder Tarren Bragdon gave a presentation touting legislative changes to ALEC’s Health and Human Services Task Force: “Florida’s Healthcare Reforms: Success in the Sunshine State” at the ALEC conference in Scottsdale10, Arizona, in 2011. Bragdon, a Maine politician, created FGA in 2011 because “You have to be based out of an area where you can raise money, and Naples is a very generous community. And it's also a very free-market, right-of-center politically oriented place11.” o In November 2012, FGA’s new addition Joyce Errecart gave a presentation on “Tangible Personal Property Business Taxes” to ALEC’s Tax and Fiscal Policy Task Force at the November 2012 conference in Washington, DC. Errecart is actually a Vermont lawyer and...

Conservative think tanks in Florida like JMI and FGA promote policies that protect their wealthy right-wing donors, not middle class Floridians, and the case of William Dunn offers a prime example. Both JMI and FGA have strong connections to William A. Dunn, who owns an investment firm (Dunn Capital Management) in Florida and also runs a right-wing foundation (Dunn’s Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking). William Dunn serves on the FGA’s board of directors. In addition, his wife, Rebecca, is a member of JMI’s board of directors and Dunn’s foundation has given at least $335,000 to JMI between 2002 and 2011, making it one of JMI’s largest known sources of income. Dunn’s foundation has given millions to other right-wing groups in Florida and around the United States, including the Franklin Center, FreedomWorks, the Cato Institute, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, the Mackinac Center, the State Policy Network, the National Taxpayers Union, the Heartland Institute, the American Enterprise Institute, and the Reason Foundation. William Dunn has also served on the boards of the Reason Foundation, Competitive Enterprise Institute, and the Cato Institute, alongside representatives of the Kochs or the Kochs themselves. Dunn and offshore accounts: Dunn Capital Management’s website reveals that clients have a program option called “offshore funds,” although only those with a username and password can access information about the program. Typically, offshore funds are a way to avoid paying taxes that might otherwise be due to support the American government; although the true nature of Dunn’s off shoring of funds is secret and unknown. Dunn’s Net Worth is Reportedly $80 Million, Stands to Benefit from JMI & FGA Policies: In 2009, Institutional Investor reported William Dunn’s net worth at $80 million. Not surprisingly, Dunn has used his influence to fund think tanks in Florida (JMI & FGA) that promote policies that would help his bottom line: • Deregulation of Wall Street/Investment Firms: JMI calls for less government regulation and oversight both for Wall Street investment firms and the economy overall in Government Policies Encouraged Wall Street’s Risky Business (September 2008) and Beware When Government Runs Both Politics And The Economy (2009). • Repeal of the Estate Tax: JMI promotes Florida’s repeal of the Estate Tax, a tax that largely affects the very wealthy, and calls on Congress to do the same in its 2010 report: “Florida Has A Huge Stake In The ‘Death Tax’ Debate.” • Lowering Taxes: JMI and FGA have also released dozens of reports aimed at lowering taxes, often for the wealthiest in Florida, including: o JMI 2005, “Low Taxes Can Keep Florida’s Economy Humming” o JMI 2007, “The Case for Florida to Enact A Taxpayer Protection Amendment” o FGA 2012, “FGA helps move Florida one step closer toward job-creating business tax relief” o FGA 2012, “Making Florida the Tax Haven of the South"

older? James Madison Institute is a Florida-based think tank that describes its mission as being to "keep the citizens of Florida informed about their government and to shape our state's future through the advancement of practical free-market ideas on public policy issues."[1]

The think tank was founded in 1987.

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Funding

In its 2006 annual report the Cato Institute states that it gave a grant of $100,000 to the James Madison Institute.[2]

Ties to the Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity

The James Madison Institute is listed as hosting Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity "investigative journalists." [3] The Franklin Center funds reporters in over 40 states.[4] Despite their non-partisan description, many of the websites funded by the Franklin Center have received criticism for their conservative bias.[5][6] On it's website, the Franklin Center clams that it "provides 10 percent of all daily reporting from state capitals nationwide." [7]

Funding

The Franklin Center was launched by the Chicago-based Sam Adams Alliance (SAM),[8] a 501(c)(3) devoted to pushing free-market ideals. SAM gets funding from the State Policy Network,[9] which is partially funded by The Claude R. Lambe Foundation.[10] Charles Koch, one of the billionaire brothers who co-own Koch Industries, sits on the board of this foundation.[11] SAM also receives funding from the Rodney Fund. The Franklin Center also receives funding from the Wisconsin-based Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation,[12] a conservative grant-making organization.[13]

References

  1. ↑ "About JMI", accessed March 2008.
  2. ↑ Cato Institute, 2006 Annual Report, pages 19-23.
  3. ↑ Statehouse News Bureaus, Source Watch, accessed March 23, 2012
  4. ↑ The Franklin Center for Government and Public Integrity. Think tank Journalism: The Future of Investigative Journalism. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  5. ↑ The Portland Press Herald. 'Watchdog' website puts a new spin on politics'. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  6. ↑ Truthout. The Koch Spider Web. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  7. ↑ Sara Jerving, http://www.prwatch.org/news/2011/10/10971/franklin-center-right-wing-funds-state-news-source, PR Watch, October 27, 2011
  8. ↑ Sam Adams Alliance. Sam Adams Alliance Media Kit. Organizational PDF. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  9. ↑ Media Matters Action Network. Sam Adams Alliance. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  10. ↑ Media Matters Action Network. State Policy Network. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  11. ↑ Media Matters Action Network. Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation. Conservative Transparency. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  12. ↑ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Franklin Center boss wants apology from Democratic staffer. News website. Accessed August 19, 2011.
  13. ↑ The Bradley Foundation. The Bradley Foundation. Organizational website. Accessed August 19, 2011.

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Phone: (850) 386-3131

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David Norcross, Washington, D.C.

**Dr. Susan Aud**, Research Associate, Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation

**Dr. Michael Bond**, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Arizona

**Dr. Marshall DeRosa**, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University

**Dr. Thomas DiBacco**, Professor Emeritus of History, American University

**Dr. Dino Falaschetti**, Executive Director, Property & Environment Research Center

**Dr. James Gwartney**, Professor of Economics, Florida State University

**Dr. Bradley K. Hobbs**, Professor of Free Enterprise, Florida Gulf Coast University

**Dr. Randall Holcombe**, Professor of Economics, Florida State University

**Dr. Barry Poulson**, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado

**J.B. Ruhl, J.D.**, Professor of Law, Florida State University College of Law

**Peter Schweizer**, Author and Speaker

**James M. Taylor, J.D.**, Senior Fellow of Environmental Policy, Heartland Institute

:{Dr. Susan Aud, Reasearch Associate, Milton and Rose Friedman Foundation

Dr. Susan L. Aud teaches doctoral level quantitative methods courses as a professorial lecturer at the Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Her research has predominately been focused on K-12 public education fiscal policy, as well the competitive and efficiency effects of school choice on the public school system, Dr. Aud received her Ph.D. from George Mason University and an MBA in Finance from George Washington University.}:

:{Dr. Michael Bond, Senior Lecturer, Department of Finance, University of Arizona

Michael Bond, Ph.D., is the Senior Lecturer in the Department of Finance at the University of Arizona. He has taught health care finance along with numerous other courses. He is an active consultant and has worked with over 150 law firms and companies on mumerous issues. His work on Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) and health-care policy reform has received national attention and appeared in a wide range of professional and popular publications, including Health Care Financial Management, Public Personnel Management, Compensation and Benefits Review, Benefits Quarterly, and Business Horizons. Along with over 70 articles and presentations, he is the author of the nation’s first practical guide to reforming Medicaid using a market based plan (published by the Buckeye Institute in 2003). This resulted in the establishment of a Medicaid Commission in Ohio that adopted many of the proposals in their final report. The State of Florida proposed Medicaid reforms based on his “Insurance & Provider Exchange Model”. Mike earned his Ph.D., M.A. and B.A. in economics from Case Western Reserve University and serves as an advisor on Medicaid to the Governor of South Carolina Governor.}:

:{Dr. Marshall DeRosa, Professor of Political Science, Florida Atlantic University

Marshall L. DeRosa is a Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Houston, and has taught at Louisiana State University and Davis and Elkins College. He is an adjunct faculty member for the Ludwig von Mises Institute, a founding member of the Academy of Philosophy & Letters, a Salvatori Fellow of the Heritage Foundation, and a member of the Philadelphia Society. His publications include The Confederate Constitution of 1861: An Inquiry Into American Constitutionalism (University of Missouri Press) and The Ninth Amendment and the Politics of Creative Jurisprudence (Transaction Publishers) and most recently Redeeming American Democracy (Pelican Publishing Company 2007). His research interests include American jurisprudence, federalism, and civics education.}:

:{Dr. Thomas DiBacco, Professor Emeritus of History, American University

Thomas V. DiBacco has had a distinguished career in teaching (U.S. History, U.S. Social History, and History of Business, Technology, and the Economy) and as a consultant to governmental and private organizations. He is the author of numerous books, including “Made in the U.S.A.”, and articles in scholarly journals and newspapers. He retired in 1999.}:

:{Dr. Dino Falaschetti, Associate Professor of Law & Economics, Florida State University College of Law

Through 20 years of experience in business, policy, and academic research and teaching, Dino Falaschetti (PhD, MBA, CPA) managed Fortune 100 audit-engagements and corporate finance operations, created insightful business analytics and litigation support strategies, and helped develop productive policies for the White House and state legislatures.}:

Dr. Falaschetti now serves as Executive Director of the Property & Environment Research Center (PERC), an economic think tank that helps entrepreneurs, business leaders, and policy makers develop market solutions to environmental problems. He also serves as Special Consultant to Economists Incorporated, which offers research-based analysis and strategic advice to corporations, government agencies, and legal counselors worldwide.

:{Dr. James Gwartney, Professor of Economics, Florida State University

Dr. Gwartney, Professor of Economics, holder of the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair and Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University. During 1999-2000, he served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the U.S. Congress. He is the coauthor of Economics: Private and Public Choice (Thompson/South-Western Press). This text, now in its 10th edition, has been used by more than 1 million students during the last two decades. He is author (or coauthor) of numerous books and articles, including Economic Freedom of the World, an annual report published by a worldwide network of institutes and What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity, (1993), a book designed for the interested lay reader of economics. The English version of this book has been translated into 15 foreign languages. His doctoral degree in economics is from the University of Washington. He has traveled extensively throughout Europe, the former Soviet Union, China and Latin America. During 1993-94, Dr. Gwartney was a Visiting Professor of Economics at Central European University in Prague, Czech Republic. A member of the Mont Pelerin Society, he was invited by the incoming Putin Administration in March 2000 to make presentations and have discussions with leading Russian economists concerning the future of the Russian economy. His professional publications have appeared in the American Economic Review, Journal of Political Economy, Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, Cato Journal, and European Journal of Political Economy. His writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Financial Times, and Investor’s Business Daily. James Gwartney is currently the Director of the Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education at Florida State University.}:

Dr. Bradley K. Hobbs, Professor of Free Enterprise, Florida Gulf Coast University

Bradley K. Hobbs is the BB&T Distinguished Professor of Free Enterprise at Florida Gulf Coast University. Professor Hobbs earned his undergraduate degree in history and his Ph.D. in economics from Florida State University (1991). His interests are wide in range encompassing economic history, the moral and philosophical foundations of free markets, property rights, economic freedom, and teaching methodologies. He has published in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, The Journal of Accounting and Finance Research, Journal of Real Estate Research, Laissez-Faire, Journal of Executive Education, Financial Practice and Education, and Research in Finance, among others. He has also has written for the Foundation for Economic Education, the Institute for Humane Studies and the Florida Council on Economic Education. Professor Hobbs has been active in leading undergraduate research and was recently recruited as the founding Faculty Advisor for a new undergraduate research journal, the Journal of Liberty and Society. He has been a member of the National Teaching Faculty for the Foundation for Teaching Economics since 2001, taught for the Institute for Humane Studies, The Koch Associate Program and is active in The Liberty Fund having participated in programs as a participant, Discussion Leader, and Director. He also serves on the Executive Board of the Association for Private Enterprise.

Dr. Randall Holcombe, Professor of Economics, Florida State University

Randall G. Holcombe is the DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D. in economics from Virginia Tech, and has taught at Texas A&M University and at Auburn University prior to coming to Florida State in 1988. Dr. Holcombe served on GovernorJeb Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors from 2000 to 2006. He was president of the Public Choice Society and the Society for the Development of Austrian economics. Dr. Holcombe is also Senior Fellow at the James Madison Institute, a Tallahassee-based think tank that specializes in issues facing state governments. He is the author of twelve books and more than 100 articles published in academic and professional journals. His most recent book, From Liberty to Democracy: The Transformation of American Government was published by the University of Michigan Press in 2002. His primary areas of research are public finance and the economic analysis of public policy issues.

:{Dr. Barry Poulson, Professor of Economics, University of Colorado

Barry W. Poulson, Ph.D., Ohio State, 1965, is a professor of economics specializing in development economics and economic history. His recent research focuses on convergence of economic growth in frontier economies. He is also completing a project on the impact of constitutional constraints on fiscal policy. Dr. Poulson is a Past President of the North American Economics and Finance Association. He is currently an adjunct scholar of the Heritage Foundation and senior fellow of the Independence Institute. He also serves on the Colorado Commission on Taxation.}:

:{J.B. Ruhl, J.D., Professor of Law, Florida State University

J. B. Ruhl, the Matthews & Hawkins Professor of Property, is a nationally regarded expert in the fields of endangered species protection, regulation of wetlands, ecosystem management, environmental impact analysis, and environmental and natural resources law. His extensive publications include his award-winning articles, “Currencies and the Commodification of Environmental Law,” 53 Stanford Law Review 539 (2000) (co-authored), and “Farms, Their Environmental Harms, and Environmental Law,” 27 Ecology Law Quarterly 263 (2000), each of which was selected by a national peer review committee as one of the ten best law review articles of the year in environmental law. Professor Ruhl is also co-author of the forthcoming casebook, The Law of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management (Foundation Press). He teaches Environmental Law, Land Use, and Property. Prior to joining the Florida State University College of Law faculty in 1999, Professor Ruhl taught at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois and George Washington University Law School. Before entering law teaching, he was a partner in the law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. in Austin Texas. Professor Ruhl has served as the Executive Editor of the American Bar Association, Section of Environmental, Energy, and Resources Law quarterly, Natural Resources & Environment, and as the Publications Officer of that ABA Section.}:

Peter Schweizer, Author and Speaker

Mr. Schweizer is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. A former consultant to NBC News, he also served as a member of the Ultraterrorism Study Group at the U.S. Government’s Sandia National Laboratory.

His books include:  DO AS I SAY (NOT AS I DO): PROFILES IN LIBERAL HYPOCRISY (Doubleday, October 2005),  THE BUSHES: PORTRAIT OF A DYNASTY(Doubleday, 2004/Anchor, 2005) , and REAGAN’S WAR: THE EPIC STORY OF HIS FORTY YEAR STRUGGLE AND FINAL TRIUMPH OVER COMMUNISM (Doubleday, 2002/Anchor 2003). His first novel, CHAIN OF COMMAND (co-authored with Caspar Weinberger), was released by Simon and Schuster in June 2005. Peter is Executive Producer of “In the Face of Evil” an epic documentary based on his book Reagan’s War.

:{His written work has appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, USA Today, National Review, Foreign Affairs, and elsewhere. He has spoken before dozens of corporate audiences including Amoco, Arthur Anderson, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, as well as numerous student groups including Young America’s Foundation, University of Virginia, and Florida State University.

He has appeared on ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and the BBC.

Peter received his M.Phil. from Oxford University and his B.A. from George Washington University.}:

James M. Taylor, J.D., Senior Fellow of Environmental Policy, Heartland Institute

James M. Taylor is Senior Fellow of Environment Policy at the Heartland Institute. He is the organizer of the Heartland Institute’s annual International Conference on Climate Change, the largest annual conference of its kind, bringing together the world’s leading climate scientists disputing the notion that humans are causing a global warming crisis.

Taylor is a frequent witness in state legislative hearings regarding global warming issues. He is also a frequent speaker at state legislative conferences, including meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Council. He has presented global warming analysis on the CBS Evening News, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, Hannity & Colmes, the Glenn Beck show, numerous national radio programs, and in virtually every major newspaper in the country. He has authored several policy studies on global warming and related issues, including “Scientific Consensus on Global Warming,” “State Greenhouse Gas Programs: An Economic and Scientific Analysis,” and “A Cost-Effective Bridge to Florida’s Energy Future.”

Taylor received his Bachelors Degree from Dartmouth College where he studied Atmospheric Science and majored in Government. He received his Law Degree from the Syracuse University College of Law.

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