Luke Froeb 

Luke Froeb served as Chief Economist of the Federal Trade Commission for two years where he managed seventy-five economists dedicated to tearing down barriers to competition (often erected by well-meaning bureaucrats), and to enforcing the competition and consumer protection laws of the United States. In July 2005, Professor Froeb returned to Vanderbilt University where he holds the Margaret and William Oehmig Chair of Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise.