Public Affairs and Public Policy

About the Book

This is the fourth volume in the Hall Institute of Public Policy’s 2020 series. These topical and scholarly articles are meant to examine some of the major issues facing the state of New Jersey and the United States, and embrace matters of national security, social entitlements, religious differences, the gold standard, prosecutorial misconduct, the rights of alleged terrorists, the free market economy and other concerns. These essays offer a unique picture of where we are as a free people, and is compiled by one of the few nonpartisan, not for profit think tanks in America.

About the Author

Michael P. Riccards is the executive director of the Hall Institute of Public Policy in New Jersey. He has been a college president at three different institutions of higher education and is the author of fifteen books and numerous articles. He has also published a collection of plays offered by iUniverse.