The author is affiliated with the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute. Out of curiosity, I wiki-ed their board and high ranking members. I see
one female name at a cursory glance. Lol. Possibly two, as "Tully" could be either. Wonder how many are white and rich.
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American Enterprise Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Officers and trustees
AEI's officers are
Arthur C. Brooks, president;
David Gerson, executive vice president;
Jason Bertsch, senior vice president for development; and
Danielle Pletka, senior vice president for foreign and defense policy studies.[22]
Its board is chaired by
Tully Friedman. Current notable trustees include
Arthur C. Brooks,
Gordon Binder, former managing director and CEO of Amgen;
former vice president Dick Cheney;
Daniel A. D'Aniello, cofounder of The Carlyle Group;
John V. Faraci, chairman and CEO of International Paper;
Harlan Crow, chairman and CEO of Crow Holdings, the Trammell Crow family's investment company;
Christopher Galvin, former CEO and chairman of Motorola;
Raymond Gilmartin, retired chairman and CEO of Merck & Co.;
Harvey Golub, retired chairman and CEO of the American Express Company;
Bruce Kovner, chairman of Caxton Alternative Associates (and a former chairman of AEI); and
Edward B. Rust Jr., chairman and CEO of State Farm (and also a former AEI chairman).[22]
AEI has a Council of Academic Advisers, chaired by
George L. Priest, which includes
Eliot A. Cohen,
Martin Feldstein,
R. Glenn Hubbard,
Sam Peltzman,
John L. Palmer,
Jeremy A. Rabkin, and
Richard J. Zeckhauser.[22]"."