About Rod D. Martin
Praise for Rod D. Martin
Book Rod to Speak
Politics & Economics
Technology & Markets
Faith & CultureThe Real Minimum Wage Is Zero: McDonald’s Rolls Out Automation
by Rod D. MartinDecember 29, 2022 During the dishonest #FightFor15 campaign, I warned my liberal...
Read More
Tag: Minimum Wage
How a Minimum Wage Hike Wiped Out 40% of Venezuela’s Stores
Will a similar crisis come to America amid the “Fight for $15”? by Hans Bader...
Read More
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
The Nordic model is far from socialist by Corey Iacono February 9, 2018 Bernie Sanders has...
Read More
Tax Cuts: Media Bias vs. Reality
by Richard Rahn December 4, 2017 Why is it that those who have been right in the past are often...
Read More
Race Relations Are Improved by Free Markets, Not Collectivist Politics
by Richard M. Ebeling October 25, 2017 Politically we seem to be living in trying times. The...
Read More
Fight For 15 Is Another Tool For Big Businesses To Kill Competition
But by making both production more expensive for everyone, you undermine what would have been a...
Read More
How to Separate Sense From Nonsense in Economics
by Richard Rahn August 30, 2017 Why is it that many politicians and journalists can quickly grasp...
Read More
Seattle’s $15 Minimum Wage Experiment Does Not Bode Well for the Rest of Us
by Mark J. Perry July 22, 2017 In an important article in the Seattle Weekly, Daniel Person...
Read More
After Studying Basic Economics, Mayor Vetoes Minimum Wage Increase
by Brittany Hunter April 26, 2017 There can be no denying that legislatively speaking, the Fight...
Read More
Fight For $15 Produces a Wave of Job-Replacing Kiosks
by Rod D. Martin December 5, 2016 Just as I’ve warned you — over and over — the...
Read More
How the Minimum Wage Helped Wreck Puerto Rico’s Economy
$7.25 Devastated Its Economy; Imagine What $15 Will Do by Jack Salmon May 19, 2016 Puerto Rico is...
Read More
The $15 Minimum Wage and the End of Teen Work
Labor Economics in Seattle and Beyond by Jack Salmon March 9, 2016 A new report from JP Morgan...
Read More
About Rod Martin
Rod D. Martin is a technology entrepreneur, venture capitalist, author and conservative activist from Destin, Florida.
Praise for Rod Martin
Peter ThielPayPal, Founders Fund, Facebook, PalantirRod is one of our nation’s leading minds. He’s smart, original, and very committed—a combination that one rarely finds.
Rod Martin and [former Howard Dean campaign manager] Joe Trippi are America’s two foremost experts on online politics.
Rod Martin is a Reaganite-Thatcherite conservative…[and] a man who has spent much of his life ministering to and working for the benefit of others. I know Rod as an advocate for freedom, a leader who understands the real changes we need in Washington, and who has the drive and ability to make those changes happen.
Rod Martin is the kind of dynamic leader who has the knowledge, ability and experience to lead us successfully into the 21st Century. His vision for America is compelling.
Rod Martin literally wrote the book on excellence. Humble yet brilliant, a man of love and compassion, with penetrating clarity he illuminates the world around us, and we are both stirred and enlightened.
Rod Martin is a born leader and an outstanding political mind. Anyone who takes him on is going to have a serious fight on their hands.
Rod Martin is a man of uncommon vision and character. Ever since I first worked alongside Rod in the early days of PayPal, I’ve been struck by his powerful vision for the future. Rod understands the intersection of technology, politics and culture in a way that few others do.
Rod Martin wears with uncommon grace an uncanny ability to link his vigorous faith to the practical challenges of both the business world and the political arena. Yet the respect he shows for others carries a warmth and modesty that are both too rare among those who are strong advocates of feisty positions.
America badly needs more leaders who really get the future. We need more Rod Martins.
Rod Martin is a modern day philosopher-statesman. He is a capitalist intellectual, a conservative iconoclast, a gentle adversary and a kind prophet. He inspires us towards a fresh national vision built upon the original founding principles.
Rod Martin is not only effective and efficient, but he is also perceptive, wise and gracious. He gets things done. He is a great friend and a great ally.
Rod is one of the sharpest, most gracious men I know, and one of the most gifted political thinkers today. His ability to analyze issues and communicate thoughtful insights on them have earned him the respect of people across the political spectrum.
I am proud to have been Rod Martin’s friend for a quarter century, and I can tell you that he is one of the finest men and most outstanding leaders in our church and in our country today. He has a knack for turning everything he touches to success.
Rod Martin is a cornucopian entrepreneur and eutropic thinker whose influence radiates through an array of companies, institutions, movements and churches. A renaissance American, he is also a prolific friend of freedom and faith around the globe.
If Rod Martin represents the next generation of leaders, America has nothing to worry about.
A leader and a servant, in public life and in private, Rod Martin strides at the top of his profession, and has nowhere to go but up. He is in the truest sense of the word ‘outstanding’.
Rod Martin is undoubtedly one of the most accomplished thought leaders today. He is a wonderful mentor, a humble role model, and a deep inspiration for the next generation of scientific innovators and entrepreneurs.
Rod’s achievements pale beside his character and his brilliance. He sees what others can’t. He leads when others won’t.
Rod Martin is one of America’s finest young minds.