Contributors

David P. Crocker – Founder

David Crocker earns his living as an Attorney and British Solicitor, carrying on an international practice in the areas of Information Technology, Licensing, Intellectual Property and Business law. In his education and practice he’s seen a good deal of the world and has negotiated licenses and commercial agreements in all manner of places, including Russia, the UK, Europe, Japan and South Korea.

David is a graduate of Gordon College, Durham University (UK) and the University of Maine School of Law. Formally educated in theology and law, David’s intellectual interests are wide-ranging, but chiefly center around history – classical, US, military, political – and especially the history of ideas.

David is politically active and known to be fierce in debate. He learned to love rhetoric beginning in school and extending to his years at Durham University, where he became a life member of the Durham Union Society. David is a Maine native and comes from a long, long line of Mainers. He lives and works in Portland, Maine.

David is a member of the Board of Advisors to the Maine Heritage Policy Center and among his other activities, serves as state chair to the 2009 Taxpayer Bill of Rights Campaign (TABOR) .

J. Scott Moody

J. Scott Moody has worked as a Tax Policy Economist for over 12 years. He is the author, co-author and editor of over 100 studies and books. He has testified twice before the House Ways and Means Committee of the U.S. Congress. He has been interviewed by countless newspapers and radio and television stations. His work has appeared in Forbes, CNN Money, State Tax Notes, The New York Sun, Portland Press Herald, Hartford Courant, The Oklahoman and Albuquerque Journal.

Scott is currently on the Board of Directors of The Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER, formerly ACCRA) and on the editorial board of the Journal for Applied Research in Economic Development co-published by the University of Southern Mississippi and C2ER.

Scott received his Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Wingate University (Wingate, N.C.). He received his Master of Arts in Economics from George Mason University (Fairfax, VA).