Eric Helland is professor of economics at Claremont McKenna College and former Senior Economist on the President's Council of Economic Advisors. He received his PhD in economics from Washington University. His articles have appeared in the American Law and Economics Review, Contemporary Economic Policy, The Journal of Law and Economics, and Journal of Legal Studies. Alexander Tabarrok is research director for The Independent Institute, assistant editor of The Independent Review, and an associate professor of economics at George Mason University. He is the editor of Changing the Guard, Entrepreneurial Economics, and The Voluntary City; the author of An Analysis of Proposals for Constitutional Change in New Zealand; and has had papers published in American Law and Economics Review, Economic Inquiry, Journal of Health Economics, The Journal of Law and Economics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Kyklos, and Public Choice.