Paul R. Gregory, University of Houston and Hoover Institution 

Jeff Fager, Executive Producer of 60 Minutes 

Joseph Fewsmith, director of the East Asian Studies Program, professor of International Relations and Political Science at Boston University; and research associate of the John King Fairbank Center for East Asian Studies at Harvard University 

William Pyle, assistant professor of economics, Middlebury College 

Allan Hubbard, Former Director of the National Economic Council and Assistant to the President for Economic Policy