Ralph Benko was a member of the original Supply Side team that brought the top tax rate down from 70% to 28% and put in the policies that took the Dow up from 1,000 (no typo) to 12,000. He also was a junior official in the Reagan White House in non-economic policy areas.

His book The Websters’ Dictionary: How to use the web to transform the world won the Trophee du choix des internautes from the World e-Democracy Forum in Paris, France in 2010. He writes a weekly column for Forbes.com and for Townhall.com and his commentary often appears on five continents. He advises on national economic policy, especially monetary policy. His passion is for America to create a new Gold Standard.