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Lawrence J. McQuillan and Kelly R. Lester
Senior Fellow, Policy Researcher; Independent InstituteLawrence J. McQuillan, PhD, is a Senior Fellow and Director of the Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. He is the author of California Dreaming: Lessons on How to Resolve America's Public Pension Crisis. He is also the creator of the California Golden Fleece Awards to highlight a state or local spending program or regulation that fleeces California taxpayers, consumers, or businesses. Follow him on Twitter @econ_doc<br /> <br /> Kelly R. Lester is a policy researcher at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. She is a Junior at Pace University in Manhattan studying Economics and Mathematics.