Gary Wolfram is George Munson Professor of Political Economy at Hillsdale College and President of Hillsdale Policy Group, a consulting firm specializing in taxation and policy analysis. He is a member of Michigan's State Board of Education, and has served as Chairman of the Headlee Amendment Blue Ribbon Commission and as a member of the Michigan Enterprise Zone Authority, among other State Boards. He received his Ph.D in Ecomonics from the University of California at Berkeley. His publications include the book TOWARDS A FREE SOCIETY: An Introduction to Political Economy and various other articles on public policy issues.