As a public choice economist trained in applied microeconomics and econometrics, Wendy Warcholik has spent her career applying economic tools to the problems of state government.  Wendy is Chief Economist at the Family Prosperity Institute and co-creator of the Family Prosperity Index.  She is also a Senior Fellow at Illinois Policy Institute and the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs.  

Her prior professional experience includes positions as Economist at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic Analysis, Chief Forecasting Economist for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of Medical Assistance Services, and Adjunct Scholar with The Tax Foundation.  She has worked as a consultant to free-market think tanks across the country for the past seven years.  

Warcholik is the co-creator of the Tax Foundation’s popular State Business Tax Climate Index, now in its sixteenth year of publication and nominated as a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Prize.

Warcholik received her Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University.  While pursuing her Ph.D., she was a Bradley Foundation Research Fellow with Nobel Laureate James Buchanan’s Center for the Study of Public Choice. Additionally, Warcholik has taught numerous economics courses to MBA students. 

J. Scott Moody has worked as a Public Policy Economist for over 18 years. He is the author, co-author and editor of 170 studies and books. He has testified before the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. Congress as well as various state legislatures. His work has appeared in Forbes, CNN Money, State Tax Notes, Portland Press Herald, New Hampshire’s Union Leader, Hartford Courant, The Oklahoman, and Albuquerque Journal.

He was formerly the CEO and Chief Economist of the State Policy Network (SPN) affiliated think tank Maine Heritage Policy Center.  He is the co-creator of the Family Prosperity Index and President of the Family Prosperity Institute.  Moody is a Senior Fellow at Illinois Policy Institute.  He currently serves on the board and is founder of the Granite Institute, the SPN affiliated think tank in New Hampshire.  His professional experience includes positions as Senior Economist at Tax Foundation and Senior Economist at Heritage Foundation.  Additionally, Scott was appointed to Maine’s Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission by Governor Paul LePage (R) in January 2011.

 Moody is the original creator of the Tax Foundation’s popular State Business Tax Climate Index, now in its sixteenth year of publication and nominated as a finalist for the Templeton Freedom Prize.

Moody received his Master of Arts in Economics from George Mason University.

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