{"id":53,"date":"2026-06-10T20:03:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleigheconomics.club\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:16:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:16:53","slug":"founders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/raleigheconomics.club\/?page_id=53","title":{"rendered":"Founders"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raleigh Economics Club<\/div>\n

Founders & Advisors<\/h2>\n

A founding circle committed to economic literacy, civic friendship, free enterprise, and constitutional liberty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Coming<\/div>\n

John Hood<\/h3>\n

Co-Founder & Steering Committee<\/p>\n

Author, commentator, and one of North Carolina’s leading voices on economics, public policy, and civic life. President of the John William Pope Foundation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Coming<\/div>\n

Michael Munger<\/h3>\n

Co-Founder & Steering Committee<\/p>\n

Professor of Political Science and Economics at Duke University and a leading public intellectual on markets and public choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Coming<\/div>\n

Jenna Robinson<\/h3>\n

Co-Founder & Steering Committee<\/p>\n

Education leader and advocate for intellectual inquiry, institutional excellence, and civic understanding. President of the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Coming<\/div>\n

Ted Hicks<\/h3>\n

Co-Founder & Steering Committee<\/p>\n

Business leader and civic-minded supporter of economic freedom, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Photo Coming<\/div>\n

Richard Salsman<\/h3>\n

Co-Founder & Steering Committee<\/p>\n

Economist, author, and scholar of capitalism, constitutionalism, and political economy. President of InterMarket Forecasting, Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Brad Taylor<\/h3>\n

Founder & President<\/p>\n

Attorney, entrepreneur, and civic organizer. Licensed to practice law in California and the District of Columbia. CEO of Xona Microfluidics, Inc.<\/a>, a North Carolina corporation developing advanced microfluidic platforms for neuroscience research. Past Director of AIER's Bastiat Society of Raleigh and Harwood Salons Raleigh. Committed to informed discussion about liberty, individual responsibility, free enterprise, and constitutional government.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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