Charles Sauer is a policy specialist, writer, and president and founder of the Market Institute. He has spent time on Capitol Hill working for the chairman of the Finance Committee; has worked for a governor on tax, immigration, and labor issues; and was deputy legislative director for an academic think tank focusing on tax, finance, and healthcare. Charles runs the Market Institute where he works with large corporations and small think tanks alike. He is a frequent contributor to the Weekly Standard and the Washington Examiner and has written for Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, Entpreneur.com, the Washington Times, The Daily Caller, and numerous other publications. Additionally, Charles appears frequently on widely viewed television shows as well as weekly on the #9 ranked radio talk show-  the Thom Hartmann radio show. Charles is also the author of popular book Profit Motive: What Drives the Things We Do.