NCPA Experts
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Pete du Pont Governor Pete du Pont is a board member of the National Center for Policy Analysis. He writes a regular column for OpinionJournal.com, the online news service of The Wall Street Journal. Pete du Pont has served as Governor of Delaware, U.S. Congressman (R-DE), and former candidate for President of the United States (1988). Gov. du Pont formerly hosted a nationally-syndicated radio commentary and appeared on several editions of the PBS Firing Line debates with William F. Buckley, Jr. ...Read more |
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John C. Goodman, Ph.D. John C. Goodman is president and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis and author of the new book, Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis. He is widely known as the "Father of Health Savings Accounts" and Modern Healthcare named him as one of four people who have most influenced the modern health care system. ...Read more |
Senior Economist
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Barry Asmus, Ph.D. A Senior Economist at NCPA, Barry Asmus writes, testifies and speaks on political and business issues facing America. ...Read more |
Distinguished Fellow
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Bob McTeer, Ph.D. |
Senior Fellows
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Michael Bond, Ph.D. Michael Bond is a professor of finance at Cleveland State University. His work on health care policy reform has received national attention and appeared in a wide range of professional and popular publications. ...Read more |
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Roy G. Boyd, Ph.D. Roy G. Boyd is Professor of Economics at Ohio University. He received a Ph.D. in economics from Duke University. He was formerly on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. ...Read more |
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H. Sterling Burnett, Ph.D. H. Sterling Burnett is a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis. While Burnett works on a number of issues, he specializes in issues involving environmental policy and gun policy. ...Read more |
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William B. Conerly, Ph.D. William Conerly is one of the best-known economic consultants in the Pacific Northwest and the U.S. His research in business and economic issues ranges from electronic commerce to strategic planning to public policy. ...Read more |
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Dorman E. Cordell NCPA Senior Fellow. Former Vice President of Publications and Senior Scholar at the National Center for Policy Analysis. Editor Emeritus of the institute's bimonthly newsletter, Executive Alert. ...Read more |
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Michael L. Davis, Ph.D. Michael L. Davis is a lecturer in economics and finance in the Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University, where he teaches graduate classes in managerial economics, game theory and decision making under uncertainty. ...Read more |
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N. Michael Helvacian, Ph.D. N. Michael Helvacian has been the principal of MNH Consulting since 2000. His clients have included Economatrix Research Associates, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Workers' Compensation Research Institute, the California Workers' Compensation Research Institute, as well as various state associations and other organizations with interests in reforming laws and regulations that affect occupational safety and workers' compensation systems. ...Read more |
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Devon M. Herrick, Ph.D. Devon Herrick is a Senior Fellow for the National Center for Policy Analysis. While Herrick works on a number of issues, he concentrates on health care issues, such as Internet-based medicine, health insurance and the uninsured, as well as pharmaceutical drug issues. ...Read more |
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Estelle James, Ph.D. Estelle James is a consultant to the World Bank, USAID and other international organizations. Previously she was Lead Economist at the World Bank and Director of the Bank's flagship course on pension reform. ...Read more |
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Roger Koppl Roger Koppl is a professor of economics and finance in the Silberman College of Business and director of the Institute for Forensic Science Administration at Fairleigh Dickinson University and a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis. ...Read more |
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Laurence Kotlikoff, Ph.D. Laurence J. Kotlikoff is Professor of Economics at Boston University, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, Fellow of the Econometric Society, a former member of the Executive Committee of the American Economic Association, and President of Economic Security Planning, Inc., a company specializing in financial planning software. ...Read more |
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Bartley J. Madden After a career in money management and related investment research, that included the founding of Callard Madden & Associates, Bartley J. Madden retired as a Managing Director of Credit Suisse/Holt. During his career, he developed the CFROI valuation framework that is widely used today by money management firms worldwide. ...Read more |
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Richard McKenzie Richard McKenzie is a senior fellow with the National Center for Policy Analysis and a professor emeritus of economics and management in the Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine. ...Read more |
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John D. Merrifield, Ph.D. John D. Merrifield, Ph.D., is a professor of economics at the University of Texas at San Antonio and director of the E.G. West Institute for Effective Schooling. He has written several books on education, authored numerous articles and edits the Journal of School Choice. ...Read more |
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Gerald Musgrave, Ph.D. Gerald Musgrave is president of Economics America, Inc., in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has engaged in teaching and research at California State University, Michigan State University, the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Stanford University and the University of Michigan. ...Read more |
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Phillip K. Porter, Ph.D. Philip K. Porter is a professor of economics at the University of South Florida and Director of the school's Center for Economic Policy Analysis. ...Read more |
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Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Ph.D. Andrew J. Rettenmaier, Ph.D. is an NCPA senior fellow and a Research Associate at the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University. ...Read more |
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Thomas R. Saving, Ph.D. Dr. Thomas R. Saving is an NCPA senior fellow, Team NCPA Advisory Council member and the Director of the Private Enterprise Research Center at Texas A&M University. ...Read more |
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Greg Scandlen Greg Scandlen is the founder of Consumers for Health Care Choices, a non-partisan, non-profit membership organization aimed at empowering consumers in the health care system. ...Read more |
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Barry J. Seldon, Ph.D. His publications have spanned a variety of topics from research and development to advertising and public finance, public choice and political support, anti-trust economics and public opinion on environmental spending. ...Read more |
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Pamela Villarreal Pamela Villarreal is the NCPA's expert on retirement, Social Security, economic growth and tax issues. Villarreal has written studies and analyses on specific topics such as the danger of 401(k) borrowing, Social Security disability, the expiration of tax cuts and the future of Social Security and Medicare. ...Read more |
