SESSION II:
Free Markets and Limited Government: The Case for Capitalism
by Dr. A. Paul Ballantyne and Dr. John Brock 

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Dr. A. Paul Ballantyne is a Professor of Economics at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs where he has been teaching since 1967. He was Dean of Letters, Arts and Science from 1970-1977. He received his B.A. degree from the University of Southern California, an M.A from the University of Iowa and Ph.D. from Stanford University, all in economics. Dr. Ballantyne has written in the areas of monetary theory and policy, economic development, and comparative systems, economic education, and in general macroeconomics.

Dr. John Brock has 27 years experience teaching economics at the United States Air Force Academy and the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs. He holds a doctorate in economics from Cornell University and has published articles and a handbook on using experimental economics in the classroom. In addition to teaching economics courses at UCCS, Professor Brock is the Director of the Center for Economic Education, developing and conducting economics classes for K-12 throughout the state of Colorado. [Top of Page]

Maurice McTigue is a distinguished visiting scholar at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, where he directs the government accountability project. Previously, he was a member of the New Zealand Parliament and New Zealand’s ambassador to Canada, and was closely involved in New Zealand's deregulation of labor markets, deregulation of the transportation industry, and restructuring of the fishing industry through the creation of conservation incentives. He also served as Minister of Employment, of State Owned Enterprises, of Railways, of Works and Development, of Labour and of Immigration.

John F. McDonogh, is City Manager of Sandy Springs, GA. He has more than 15 years of local government management experience, including having been city manager in Beaufort, S.C.

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McDonough holds a master of public affairs degree from Indiana University and a bachelor of arts in political science from The Citadel. His long-time commitment to open, transparent and innovative government drew him to the City of Sandy Springs. Incorporated in December 2005, Sandy Springs is taking public/ private partnership to a new level in the United States.

Rick Hirsekorn is VP of Municipal Services for Sandy Springs, GA. He has worked with CH2M HILL OMI for more than 30 years, serving in a variety of management and leadership positions. He has served the firm’s clients in the public, private, and federal sectors in a wide variety of planning, engineering, program management and operations projects. He has also served as the Environmental Advisor to several Olympic Games organizing committees around the globe. A professional engineer, he holds an M.S. in environmental engineering and a B.S. in civil engineering from Kansas University. [Top of Page]