Alberto Alesina is the Nathaniel Ropes Professor of Political Economy at Harvard University.

Theodore Dalrymple is a contributing editor of City Journal, the Dietrich Weismann Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of many books, including Out Into the Beautiful World and Grief and Other Stories.

Ray Domanico is the director of education policy at the Manhattan Institute.

Max Eden is a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute.

Brian Patrick Eha is the author of How Money Got Free and a journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Fortune, and other publications.

Jonathan Haskel is a member of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee and coauthor of the 2017 book Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy.

Kay S. Hymowitz is a City Journal contributing editor, the William E. Simon Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Manning Up: How the Rise of Women Has Turned Men into Boys.

Eric Kober is an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a retired New York City planner, and a visiting scholar at the NYU Wagner School of Public Service.

Bruno Maçães is a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute and the author of The Dawn of Eurasia and Belt and Road.

Heather Mac Donald is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, a contributing editor of City Journal, and the author of the bestselling books The Diversity Delusion and The War on Cops.

Myron Magnet, City Journal’s Editor-at-Large, is a National Humanities Medal laureate. His latest book is Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution.

Steven Malanga is the senior editor of City Journal, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of Shakedown: The Continuing Conspiracy Against the American Taxpayer.

Joshua Mitchell is a professor of political theory at Georgetown University and a Visiting Fellow in American Political Thought at the B. Kenneth Simon Center for Principles and Politics at the Heritage Foundation.

Stefanie Stantcheva is a professor of economics at Harvard University.

Harry Stein is a contributing editor of City Journal and the author of No Matter What . . . They’ll Call This Book Racist.

John Tierney is a contributing editor of City Journal and a contributing science columnist for the New York Times.

Stian Westlake is a senior fellow at Nesta in the U.K. and coauthor of the 2017 book Capitalism Without Capital: The Rise of the Intangible Economy.

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Seth Barron is associate editor of City Journal and project director of the NYC Initiative at the Manhattan Institute. Nicole Gelinas is a City Journal contributing editor, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and the author of After the Fall: Saving Capitalism from Wall Street—and Washington. Howard Husock, a City Journal contributing editor, is the author of Who Killed Civil Society?: The Rise of Big Government and Decline of Bourgeois Norms. Fred Siegel is a City Journal contributing editor and author of The Revolt Against the Masses: How Liberalism Has Undermined the Middle Class.

Artists:

John Anderson’s photos have appeared in thousands of magazines, journals, webpages, murals, and prints in large commercial locations. Martín Elfman is a Spanish-Argentinian illustrator. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, Advertising Age, and many international publications. Dolly Holmes is a painter and map designer in Petersburg, Virginia. Her work can be seen at dolmarvadesign.com. Alberto Mena is a graphic designer in New York.

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