strongly about as economic opportunity and to introduce our speaker i will bring about vice president, anita dodd. [applause]. >> good morning. i'm a little shorter and closer to the microphone, so i hope you can hear me a little better. i would like to welcome dick carpenter today, but i want to tell you first have much we have worked over the years with the institute for justice. i think about it with we sue government that sounds pretty good to me, but dick is a co-author of "bottleneckers". don't miss your opportunity to get a copy. it's excellent and shocking. "bottleneckers: gaming the government for power and private profit" he's also director of strategic research for the institute for justice where he and staff and attorneys defined, implement and manage research related to the institute's mission. he's an experienced researcher. he has presented and published a variety of topics ranging from education policy to the dynamics of presidential elections, so catch him later to talk about that. his work has appeared in academic journals including the economic development quarterly, economic a