Bio
Vance Ginn, Ph.D., is an accomplished economist who champions free-market solutions that let people prosper. He is founder and president of Ginn Economic Consulting, host of the Let People Prosper Show podcast, chief economist of Pelican Institute for Public Policy, senior fellow of Americans for Tax Reform, and senior fellow at other think tanks across the country. In these roles, he provides high-quality research and trusted insights on how to affect positive changes at the federal, state, and local levels that improves people's lives and livelihoods.

He previously served as the associate director for economic policy ("chief economist") of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, June 2019 to May 2020, where he advised the OMB’s senior staff on economic and fiscal policy matters. Ginn is the former chief economist of the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) and policy director for TPPF’s Alliance for Opportunity campaign, a multi-state poverty relief initiative. He has taught many economic courses at institutions of higher education, including Sam Houston State University and Texas Tech University, where he won a teaching award. 

Ginn has appeared on leading national and state news shows, such as “America Reports” on Fox News and “Cavuto: Coast to Coast” on Fox Business. His commentaries have been published in The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, Washington Post, National Review, Washington Examiner, Daily Caller, AIER, Econlib, and other popular publications.

He earned his doctorate in economics at Texas Tech University, graduated from home school in South Houston, Texas, resides in Round Rock, Texas with his wife and three kids, and is a drummer who played for a top rock band in Houston, Texas.

Email: vanceginn@gmail.com​
Twitter: @vanceginn
Newsletter: https://vanceginn.substack.com/
LinkTree to research and Let People Prosper Show podcast: https://linktr.ee/vanceginn 

Media Appearances