The British magazine The Economist calls him "the evangelist of entrepreneurship". Carl J. Schramm is the President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, the private institution of international prestige devoted to entrepreneurial innovation and economic growth. He is also a founding member of Startup America Partnership, an initiative promoted by the U.S. government, and he has been on the Department of Commerce's innovation committees under both the Bush and the Obama administrations. Likewise, he has stood out as a promoter of new opportunities for rebuilding the economy of countries that emerge from a conflict. The founder of several companies, he is also a prolific writer. His latest book, Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism, is considered an international classic on economic growth.