Peter Ferrera, author of OBAMA AND THE CRASH OF 2013

Peter Ferrara is director of policy for the Carleson Center for Public Policy and senior fellow for entitlement and budget policy with the Heartland Institute.

He served in the White House Office of Policy Development under President Reagan and as associate deputy attorney general under President George H. W. Bush.

Peter writes a weekly column at Spectator.org and also at Forbes.com.

He lives in McLean, Virginia, and Easton, Pennsylvania.