Posts by William Shughart
William F. Shughart II is Research Fellow and Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice at Utah State University, past President of the Southern Economic Association, and editor of the Independent book, Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination.
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Mining Regulations Hamper Access to America’s Own Rare Earth Metals and Minerals
Monday, August 13, 2018
Why Have Gasoline Prices Risen Lately?
Friday, May 4, 2018
Despite Enviable Safety Record, Chernobyl’s Ghost Still Haunts the Nuclear Power Industry
Thursday, April 26, 2018
Fundamental Principles of Income Tax Reform
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Fred S. McChesney, Rest in Peace
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Don’t Shed Any Tears over the Repeal of Cook County’s Soda Tax
Friday, October 13, 2017
Not a “New Deal,” a “Fair Deal” or a “Square Deal,” but Supposedly a “Better Deal”
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Prosperity, Not Soda Taxes, Fosters Good Health
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
9/11’s Legacies: Fewer Civil Liberties and Bigger Banks
Thursday, September 8, 2016
Brexit’s Opponents Echo the Arguments of Loyalists Fearful of American Independence
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Scotland’s Looming Regulatory Hangover
Monday, June 20, 2016
Old Enough to Choose a President, but Not to Buy Cigarettes?
Thursday, May 12, 2016
California’s Dream World
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
Tax Freedom Day 2016
Sunday, April 24, 2016
Private Businesses Are Not “Public Accommodations”
Friday, April 15, 2016
Trading Votes in Congress to Get Everything Politicians Want
Monday, December 7, 2015
The Silliness Surrounding Mascot Nicknames Continues
Thursday, October 22, 2015
Hollywood Joins the Fossil Fuel Divestment Movement
Monday, September 28, 2015
California’s Proposed $2 per Pack Excise Tax on Cigarettes
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Tennessee’s Fracking Controversy
Saturday, August 1, 2015
The Ex-Im Bank Redux
Friday, May 8, 2015
Tax Freedom Day, 2015
Friday, April 24, 2015
Google Agonistes
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Agonizing over Sports Teams’ Mascot Names
Thursday, January 8, 2015
Professor Gruber Strikes Again
Monday, December 8, 2014
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