David T. Beito is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Alabama and a Senior Research Fellow at the Independent Institute. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin. His academic research has covered a wide range of topics in American history including civil rights, tax revolts, civil liberties, the nongovernmental provision of infrastructure, and mutual aid. His most recent book is The New Deal's War On the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance (Oakland: Independent Institute, 2023).
Marcus Witcher is a Teaching Assistant Professor of Economic History at West Virginia University where he also serves as Manager of Undergraduate Programs for the Knee Regulatory Research Center. He completed his Ph.D. in history from the University of Alabama in 2017. His first book, Getting Right with Reagan: The Struggle for True Conservatism, 1980–2016, was published by the University Press of Kansas in 2019. Witcher is also the co-editor of seven edited collections and has written for a diverse range of publications, including Reason Magazine, National Review, Modern Age, and the Washington Post. His most recent book, Black Liberation Through the Marketplace: Hope, Heartbreak, and the Promise of America, co-authored with Rachel Ferguson, was published by Emancipation Books in 2022.
