Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is the director of the Center for Economic Prosperity and a senior economist at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, one of the nation’s premier free-market think tanks. Dr. Ginn is a leading free-market economist with research to let people prosper in their unique way by removing government barriers in Texas, D.C., and beyond. He is a first-generation college graduate and earned his Ph.D. in economics from Texas Tech University. A former university lecturer, his passion for teaching carries through in his work to help people understand how government policies affect them. He has appeared in numerous major media outlets, and published papers in top-ranked academic journals, public policy research on critical issues, commentaries in major media outlets, and has scholarly works in progress. While at the Foundation, Dr. Ginn has led the charge in conducting in-depth, dynamic studies and other research on the benefits of restraining government spending, ending unnecessary taxes, and eliminating government barriers to prosperity. Dr. Ginn and his family reside in Round Rock, Texas.