Robert Nelson
Dr. Robert H. Nelson is a professor in the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. His books include of Reaching for Heaven on Earth: The Theological Meaning of Economics (Rowman & Littlefield, 1993) and Economics as Religion: From Samuelson to Chicago and Beyond (Penn State University Press, 2001). He has served as the senior economist of the Congressionally chartered Commission on Fair Market Value Policy for Federal Coal Leasing (Linowes Commission) and as senior research manager of the President's Commission on Privatization.