Paul H. Rubin is Emeritus Dobbs Professor of Economics at Emory University. He has also worked as an economic consultant in Washington D.C. and held several senior positions in the Reagan Administration, including Senior Economist at the Council of Economic Advisers. He has earned several honors, including President of the Southern Economic Association. Professor Rubin has published a dozen books, about one hundred articles in professional journals, and two dozen op-eds in the Wall Street Journal.