Tom Gordon Palmer (born 1956 in Bitburg-Mötsch, West Germany) is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, director of the Institute's educational division, [http://www.cato.org/cato-university/ Cato University], Vice President for International Programs at the Atlas Economic Research Foundation, and General Director of the [http://atlasnetwork.org/globalinitiative/ Atlas Global Initiative for Free Trade, Peace, and Prosperity.]