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Kris Kumlien, a former student at Montana State University, was a research intern at PERC during 2001.

Dan Zinkand is the Agronomy and Biotechnology Editor for Iowa Farmer Today. The opinions expressed here are his alone. Zinkand, the Midwest vice-president of the North American Agricultural Journalists, has worked on a North Dakota pig farm and in an Iowa butcher shop.

Deborah Jacobs was a research assistant at PERC.

Bruce Benson is a Professor Emeritus at Florida State University, Research Professor at Appalachian State University, and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute. He has previously served in numerous roles including the DeVoe Moore and Distinguished Research Professor, Chair of the Department of Economics, and a Courtesy Professor of Law at Florida State University. BensonContinue reading “Bruce Benson”

James Shikwati is director of the Inter Region Economic Network (IREN) in Nairobi, Kenya. The nonprofit organization (www.irenkenya.org) encourages free market policies and classical liberal ideas.