PAT CHOATE is a political economist, policy analyst, and the author of the books Dangerous Business, Agents of Influence, Hot Property, The High-Flex Society, America in Ruins, and, with Ross Perot, of Save Your Job, Save Our Country. A new book, Preparing for War, is forthcoming from Knopf. In 1996, he was Ross Perot's vice presidential running mate. He lives with his wife outside Washington, D.C.
