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Do we have a housing crisis?

By Bonner Cohen, Ph. D., Donna Jackson |2025-03-01T11:30:01-05:00March 2nd, 2025|0 Comments

CFACT’s Donna Jackson and Bonner Cohen, Ph.D. tackle housing on the Blunt Force podcast.

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Bonner Cohen, Ph. D.

Bonner R. Cohen is a senior fellow at the Committee For A Constructive Tomorrow, where he concentrates on energy, natural resources, and international relations. He also serves as a senior policy adviser with the Heartland Institute, senior policy advisor at National Center for Public Policy Research, and as adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute. Articles by Dr. Cohen have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Investor’s Business Daily, New York Post, Washington Times, National Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Detroit News, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Miami Herald, and dozens of other newspapers in the U.S. and Canada. He has been interviewed on Fox News, CNN, Fox Business Channel, BBC, BBC Worldwide Television, NBC, NPR, N 24 (German language news channel), Voice of Russia, and scores of radio stations in the U.S. Dr. Cohen has testified before the U.S. Senate committees on Energy & Natural Resources and Environment & Public Works as well as the U.S. House committees on Natural Resources and Judiciary. He has spoken at conferences in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, and Bangladesh. Dr. Cohen is the author of two books, The Green Wave: Environmentalism and its Consequences (Washington: Capital Research Center, 2006) and Marshall, Mao und Chiang: Die amerikanischen Vermittlungsbemuehungen im chinesischen Buergerkrieg (Marshall, Mao and Chiang: The American Mediations Effort in the Chinese Civil War) (Munich: Tuduv Verlag, 1984). Dr. Cohen received his B.A. from the University of Georgia and his Ph.D. – summa cum laude – from the University of Munich.
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Donna Jackson

Donna Jackson, CFACT policy analyst, is a seasoned business woman with public and private sector experience, and has spent decades as a pro-energy advocate for the minority population, through her advocacy work with Congressional leaders and ministry leaders. She is a sought-after speaker, who has frequently testified before Congressional leaders on the plight of debilitating energy policies on minorities and low income populations. Her media appearances include Newsmax, One America News Network, NTD TV, BEK TV, and national radio network shows. Her op-eds have appeared online and in print in national publications such as the Washington Times, Daily Caller, Inside Sources, FOX News, the Detriot News, Sacramento Observer, Las Vegas Review-Jounral, the Federalist and the Washington Examiner. Donna earned a Bachelor of Accountancy (cum laude) from the California State University San Marcos. She has worked in accounting, auditing, tax and management roles with major companies such as Ernst Young, Cardinal Health and Marriott International in the private sector before serving in the public sector as the vice president and deputy controller for the Export-Import Bank of the United States. She is a member of the National Association of Black Accountants. Prior to her career in accounting, Donna was a political operative in the state of Arkansas, having worked on the successful campaigns of former Governor Mike Huckabee, Senator Tim Hutchinson and Representative (later Governor) Asa Hutchinson. She played a vital role during the Huckabee governorship in recruiting black candidates for executive-appointed boards and commissions in addition to helping create job-training programs at a local community college and the Arkansas Office of Workforce Development. She currently serves as an advisory board member for the Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) Center for Energy and Conservation, an advisory board member of the 2025 Project, a member of the Board of Directors of The Conservative Caucus, Membership Director of the black leadership group, Proj. 21, a member of the Heritage Foundation African American Advisory Council, and a member of the Board of Advisors of Our America. She is a former divinity graduate of Charles H. Mason Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee. It was there that she was taught the gift of administration as a vital part of the Christian ministry. Donna is a firm believer in free markets and entrepreneurship, rather than government, as a means of lifting people out of poverty.
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Do we have a housing crisis?

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