Charlotte Twight is Adjunct Fellow with the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent Institute. Dr. Twight is Professor of Economics at Boise State University and Contributing Editor of The Independent Review. She received her J.D. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington, and she is a member of the Washington State Bar Association.

She is author of the books, Dependent on D.C.: The Rise of Federal Control Over the Lives of Ordinary Americans and America’s Emerging Fascist Economy, and a contributing author to The Independent Institute books, Arms, Politics and the Economy: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives and American Health Care: Government, Market Processes, and the Public Interest.

Professor Twight’s articles have appeared in Public Choice, Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Journal of Public Policy, The Independent Review, and many other scholarly journals.