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Elizabeth Ames is an entrepreneur and author. Her latest book is MONEY: How The Destruction of the Dollar Threatens The Global Economy—And What We Can Do About It, co-authored with Steve Forbes (McGraw Hill, 2014). She also co-authored two previous books with Mr. Forbes: Freedom... Read More →

Steve Forbes is an American publishing executive who was twice a candidate for the nomination of the Republican Party for President of the United States. He is the editor-in-chief of the business magazine Forbes. He  is co-ambassador for FreedomFest and a member of the popular... Read More →

Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian. He first came to national attention in 1984 with the publication of Losing Ground, which has been credited as the intellectual foundation for the Welfare Reform Act of 1996. His 1994 New York Times bestseller, The... Read More →

Grover Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), a taxpayer advocacy group he founded in 1985 at President Reagan’s request. ATR works to limit the size and cost of government and opposes higher taxes at the federal, state, and local levels. It supports tax reform... Read More →

Helen Raleigh is an author, professional speaker, policy fellow and business owner. She is the author of Confucius Never Said, an autobiographical account of four generations of her own family’s journey from repression and poverty in China to freedom and prosperity in the U.S. It... Read More →

As a venture capitalist and entrepreneur, Peter Thiel has been involved with some of the most dynamic companies to emerge from Silicon Valley in the past decade. His first start-up was PayPal, which was sold to eBay for $1.5 billion in 2002. Peter then founded Clarium Capital Management... Read More →