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Ronald M. Nate, PhD, MA, is a professor of economics at BYU-Idaho, a state representative in the Idaho House, and a senior policy fellow at the Idaho Freedom Foundation.  In his economics work, he specializes in applied microeconomics, public economics, quantitative methods, economics of education, poverty economics, and public choice. He has been teaching for 28 years, beginning at the University of Connecticut, Ohio University-Eastern, and the last 21 years at BYU-Idaho. Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, Ron studied at the University of Utah, and earned a Ph.D. in economics at the University of Connecticut. He served in the Idaho House of Representatives for three terms (2014-2018, 2020-2022); he currently works for the Idaho Freedom Foundation and serves on the Board of Scholars at the Foundation for Economics Education.  Ron and his wife, Maria, have four children—all attending BYU in Utah.  He enjoys traveling, backpacking, model rocketry, and chocolate.