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Mom's for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich joins host Chris Murray.

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Host Chris Murray's special guest is Lora Ries (“Reese”) is Senior Research Fellow, Homeland Security, at The Heritage Foundation. She has over 23 years’ experience in the immigration and homeland security arena. Mrs. Ries twice worked at the Department of Homeland Security on management and immigration policy and operations issues. She also worked in the private sector as a homeland security industry strategist and in government relations. She previously worked in the legislative branch as Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary
Committee’s Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, and started her career at the
Department of Justice’s Board of Immigration Appeals and the Immigration and
Naturalization Service. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and a law degree at
Valparaiso University in Indiana. 

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Host Chris Murray talks with Desmond Lachman who joined AEI after serving as a managing director and chief emerging market economic strategist at Salomon Smith Barney. He previously served as deputy director in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Policy Development and Review Department and was active in staff formulation of IMF policies. Mr. Lachman has written extensively on the global economic crisis, the U.S. housing market bust, the U.S. dollar, and the strains in the euro area. At AEI, Mr. Lachman is focused on the global macroeconomy, global currency issues, and the multilateral lending agencies.

Experience

• Adjunct Professor, Georgetown University, 2010
• Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, 2009
• Managing Director and Chief Emerging Market Economic Strategist, Salomon Smith Barney, 1996-2003
• Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund, 1994-96
• Senior Adviser, European Department, 1990-94; Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, 1984-90, International Monetary Fund

Education

PhD, economics, Cambridge University BA, University of Witwatersrand

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Chris Murray's special guest is EJ Antoni.  Mr. Antoni is a Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget. His research focuses on fiscal and monetary policy.

His work has been featured with a variety of news outlets including Daily Caller, Fox News and Fox Business, Wall Street Journal, National Review, CNBC, Washington Times, The Center Square, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, The Federalist, and others. He is also a regular guest on many podcasts and radio programs, including WMAL’s Vince Coglianese Show, heard in the greater D.C. area, where he is the in-house economist.

Antoni’s research has also been featured with numerous think tanks and institutes including the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, where he is a senior fellow. Previously, he was an economist at Texas Public Policy Foundation, an economic consultant for FreedomWorks, and has taught courses ranging from labor economics to money and banking. Antoni holds master’s and doctoral degrees in Economics and frequently speaks at colleges and financial institutions.

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Host Chris Murray  talks with Bill Dunkleberg.  Mr. Dunkleberg is  Chief Economist for the National Federation of Independent Business, where he focuses on entrepreneurship, small business, consumer behavior and the economy. Mr. Dunkleberg is Professor Emeritus at Temple University.

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