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Barry Asmus
Dr.
Barry Asmus speaks, testifies, writes and consults on political and
business issues facing America. He was named by USA Today as one of the
five most requested speakers in the United States. Dr. Asmus was twice
voted the Outstanding Professor of the Year, as well as honored with the
Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge Award for Private Enterprise Education.
TODD BUCHOLZ
Todd Buchholz “lights up economics with a wickedly sparkling wit,” says the
Associated Press. He recently jousted with James Carville and Ben Stein, and
Successful Meetings Magazine named him one of the “21 Top Speakers for the 21st
Century.” His editorials in the Wall Street Journal correctly forecast the 2001
slowdown in the U.S., and the New York Times has turned to him to decipher
terrorist threats and the job market. BusinessWeek raved about his book Market Shock, which warned of
the quicksand facing the stock market. Buchholz entertains his audiences
and shows them how to thrive in a challenging economy, while gearing up
for future prosperity.
Lawrence Chimerine
Dr.
Lawrence Chimerine is Managing Director and Chief Economist at the
Economic Strategy Institute (ESI) in Washington, DC. Senior Economic
Advisor, The WEFA Group, in Eddystone, PA.; and President, Radnor
International Consulting Inc., in Radnor, PA.
He is the former Chairman, Chief Executive, and Chief Economist of
Chase Econometrics and The WEFA Group.
Harry Dent, Jr.
Mr.
Dent is the author of the successful 1993 book, The
Great Boom Ahead (revised in 1995). His second book, Job Shock:
Four New Principles Transforming Our Work and Business, was published
in 1995 and then re-released in 1996 in soft cover as The
Great Jobs Ahead. Recently
released by Simon and Schuster, The
Roaring 2000s updates key principles in his past two books, as well as
focuses on the Internet’s rapid move into the mainstream and how our
work, organizations, and living circumstances will change.
Ed Guay
Edward
Guay is the principal of Wintonbury Risk Management, a
political, economic, investment, and business risk consultancy.
Guay served previously as the Chief Economist of CIGNA
Corporation and as Senior Managing Director of CIGNA Investment
Management. During a 30-year career with Connecticut General
Corporation and with CIGNA, Guay held a variety of financial
industry research, economics, and investment strategy positions,
rising to Chief Economist in 1977 and to Senior Managing
Director in 1983. He was a member of the Investment Policy
Committee, and served as a consultant to company affiliates and
clients. He also served as an economic, strategic, or national
security advisor to congressional leaders, government officials,
and international leaders.
Dr. Uwe Reinhardt
A leading authority on health economics and policy, Dr. Uwe Reinhardt is James
Madison Professor of Political Economy and Professor of Economics and Public
Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at
Princeton University. One of today's most sought after speakers on healthcare
systems and health reform, Dr. Reinhardt is known for his informative, humorous
and insightful presentations. Uwe E. Reinhardt, a native of Germany, has taught
at Princeton University since 1968. Rising through the ranks from assistant
professor of economics to his current position; he has taught courses in both
micro- and macro-economic theory and policy, accounting for commercial, private
non-profit and governmental enterprises, financial management for commercial and
non-profit enterprises, and health economics and policy.
Jeremy Rifkin
Jeremy
Rifkin
is the author of fifteen books on the impact of scientific and
technological changes on the economy, the workforce, society, and the
environment. His books have been translated into more than twenty
languages and are used in hundreds of universities around the world. His
1995 book, The End of Work, is an international bestseller that is
widely credited with helping shape the current global debate on technology
displacement, corporate downsizing and the future of jobs. His 1998
bestseller, The Biotech Century: Harnessing the Gene and Remaking
the World, addresses the many critical issues accompanying the new era
of genetic commerce and is the most widely read book in the world on the
biotech revolution. Mr. Rifkin's newest book, The Age of Access,
published in April 2000, is the third in his series on future
trends in science, technology and the global economy in the 21st
century.
William Shipman
An advocate of Social Security reform in the United States, Mr.
Shipman has testified before the House Ways and Means Sub-Committee on
Social Security and co-authored Promises
to Keep: Saving Social Security’s Dream.
He is Co-Chairman of the Cato Project on Social Security
Privatization, and was on the National Advisory Board of “Americans
Discuss Social Security,” a non-profit organization funded by the Pew
Charitable Trusts to generate informed debate on the issue.
He also served as a delegate to the White House Conference on
Social Security.
Jeff Thredgold
Jeff Thredgold is President of Thredgold Economic Associates, a professional
speaking and economic consulting company. he has appeared dozens of times on CNBC-TV, the nation's business
network, as well as numerous appearances on CNN, and is quoted frequently
in such publications as The Wall
Street Journal, USA TODAY, Investor's
Business Daily, and Business
Week. He is a monthly contributor to the national publication Blue
Chip Financial Forecasts and quarterly USA TODAY economic forecast
surveys.
Marvin Zonis
Marvin
Zonis is a Professor at the Graduate School of Business at the University
of Chicago. He also heads
Marvin Zonis + Associates, a political risk consulting firm in Chicago,
and is a co-founder and Chairman of DSD, a software company based in
Moscow and Chicago.
At
Chicago’s Business School, Zonis teaches courses on International
Political Economy, Leadership, and E-Commerce.
He was the first professor at the Business School to teach a course
on the effects of digital technologies on global business. |
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