John C. GoodmanSpeaker and Booking Agent Information

Goodman is a frequent guest on television and radio news and discussion shows, as well as an author of economic policy editorials. He appears on FOX News Channel, CNN, FOX Business Network, and CNBC on a regular basis. He's also been a debater on several of William F. Buckley's Firing Line shows and has appeared on PBS NewsHour.

Goodman writes essays for The Wall Street Journal, Kaiser Health News, and other national media on a regular basis. Goodman also played a key role in the NCPA's grassroots public policy campaign, Free Our Health Care Now, an unrivaled nationwide education effort aimed at communicating patient-centered alternatives to a government-run medical system.

As a result of the campaign, the biggest online petition ever presented to Capitol Hill was delivered.

He has testified before Congress on health care reform and retirement issues, and he is the creator of more than 50 studies published on health policy, retirement reform, and tax issues, as well as ten books, including Lives at Risk: Single-Payer National Health Insurance Around the World, Leaving Women Behind: Modern Families, Outdated Laws, and the ground-breaking Patient Power: Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis is his most recent book (June 2012).

Goodman, a Waco, Texas native, got interested in economics and classical liberal principles while an undergraduate at the University of Texas at Austin, where he served as the student body's vice president. He is a crossword puzzle connoisseur, and on most days, he is able to solve the problems in The New York Times in pen. Goodman earned his Ph.D.

in economics from Columbia University and has taught and conducted research at Columbia, Stanford, Dartmouth, Southern Methodist, and the University of Dallas.