Posts by William F. Shughart II
William F. Shughart II is a Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute, the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice at Utah State University, past President of the Public Choice Society as well as the Southern Economic Association, and editor of the Independent book, Taxing Choice.
Progressives, Leave the Senate Alone
William F. Shughart II  •  Tuesday, September 20, 2022
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Antitrust
Goodbye and Good Riddance
William F. Shughart II  •  Friday, June 17, 2022
Noncompete Contract Clauses are Agreed-Upon Voluntarily
William F. Shughart II  •  Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Mass Shootings and Gun Violence: Why Buffalo? Why Uvalde?
William F. Shughart II  •  Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Inflation Not Caused by Rising Wages
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Biden, not “Big Oil”, is to Blame for Energy Price Spikes
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, November 24, 2021
U.S. Manufacturers Seek to Ban Imported Mattresses During Pandemic
William F. Shughart II  •  Tuesday, September 1, 2020
What Bezos, Cook, Pinchai and Zuckerberg Should Have Told Congress about Antitrust Hysteria
William F. Shughart II  •  Monday, August 3, 2020
Cigarette and Soda Taxes Don’t Save Many Lives
William F. Shughart II  •  Thursday, June 13, 2019
If You Love Forests, Let Them Burn
William F. Shughart II  •  Monday, April 22, 2019
The E15 Mandate Is Poor Environmental Policy
William F. Shughart II  •  Friday, November 9, 2018
Trump’s Ethanol Plans Double Down on Bad Environmental Policy
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, October 10, 2018
Mining Regulations Hamper Access to America’s Own Rare Earth Metals and Minerals
William F. Shughart II  •  Monday, August 13, 2018
Why Have Gasoline Prices Risen Lately?
William F. Shughart II  •  Friday, May 4, 2018
Despite Enviable Safety Record, Chernobyl’s Ghost Still Haunts the Nuclear Power Industry
William F. Shughart II  •  Thursday, April 26, 2018
Fundamental Principles of Income Tax Reform
William F. Shughart II  •  Thursday, December 7, 2017
Fred S. McChesney, Rest in Peace
William F. Shughart II  •  Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Don’t Shed Any Tears over the Repeal of Cook County’s Soda Tax
William F. Shughart II  •  Friday, October 13, 2017
Not a “New Deal,” a “Fair Deal” or a “Square Deal,” but Supposedly a “Better Deal”
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, August 9, 2017
Prosperity, Not Soda Taxes, Fosters Good Health
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, June 7, 2017
9/11’s Legacies: Fewer Civil Liberties and Bigger Banks
William F. Shughart II  •  Thursday, September 8, 2016
Brexit’s Opponents Echo the Arguments of Loyalists Fearful of American Independence
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, July 6, 2016
Scotland’s Looming Regulatory Hangover
William F. Shughart II  •  Monday, June 20, 2016
Old Enough to Choose a President, but Not to Buy Cigarettes?
William F. Shughart II  •  Thursday, May 12, 2016
California’s Dream World
William F. Shughart II  •  Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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