About the Author

Filip Palda earned his Ph.D in economics at the University of Chicago. He is the author of more than 20 articles in refereed economic journals and is a high-scoring author on the RepEc website of economic working papers. He is best known for his work on exposing the self-interest politicians hold in crafting election finance laws, for his discovery of the displacement deadweight loss of tax and regulation evasion, and for his recent book Pareto's Republic and the New Science of Peace, also available on Amazon.