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Benjamin Berger

Political Theory, Swarthmore College
Professor Berger is an authority in modern political theory, with special concentration on the work of Alexis de Tocqueville and Hannah Arendt. His expertise extends beyond theory to the practice of democratic politics: citizen participation, civic engagement, ethics in politics, and the advantages as well as challenges of community-based learning. »»

Alexei Marcoux

Alexei Marcoux is Associate Professor of Business Ethics in the School of Business Administration at Loyola University Chicago, Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Spiritual Capital at Loyola University New Orleans, and Policy Advisor to the Heartland Institute. His research and teaching in business ethics focus on the moral contours of commercial transactions and the role of partiality in ethical business practice. »»

Mario Villarreal-Diaz

Economics, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey
Mario Villarreal-Diaz's research looks at institutions and the economic incentives they create. Specifically, his interests are the political economy of migration and the effects of financial remittances on developing countries. He has worked in the scholarly and business sectors in the United States and Mexico. A former Fulbright fellow, he is a professor and Research Chair in Strategic Intelligence at the Public Policy Graduate School at the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, and an Affiliated Senior Scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. »»

Mollie Ziegler Hemingway

Reporter, Freelance
Mollie Ziegler Hemingway is a reporter based in Washington, D.C.  She has a column in The Wall Street Journal and is a regular contributor to “GetReligion,” a website about the media coverage of religion. »»

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