Eric Helland is Professor of Economics at Claremont McKenna College, and a member of the Board of Directors of the UCLA Center for Governance. Professor Helland received his Ph. D. in economics from Washington University and he is the recipient of the Robert H. Durr Award from the Midwest Political Science Association and the Dean' s Teaching Award from Ball State University. He has been Senior Economist at the President’ s Council of Economic Advisors and Visiting Professor of Economics at the Stigler Center for the Study of the Economy and the State at the University of Chicago.
Alexander Tabarrok is Senior Fellow and former Research Director at the Independent Institute, Assistant Editor of The Independent Review, Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center, Co-founder of Marginal Revolution University, and Director of the Center for Study of Public Choice and Associate Professor of Economics at George Mason University. He received his Ph. D. in economics from George Mason University, and he has taught at the University of Virginia and Ball State University.