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.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Antitrust
Goodbye and Good Riddance
Friday, June 17, 2022
Noncompete Contract Clauses are Agreed-Upon Voluntarily
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Mass Shootings and Gun Violence: Why Buffalo? Why Uvalde?
Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Inflation Not Caused by Rising Wages
Wednesday, May 4, 2022
Biden, not “Big Oil”, is to Blame for Energy Price Spikes
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
U.S. Manufacturers Seek to Ban Imported Mattresses During Pandemic
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
What Bezos, Cook, Pinchai and Zuckerberg Should Have Told Congress about Antitrust Hysteria
Monday, August 3, 2020
Cigarette and Soda Taxes Don’t Save Many Lives
Thursday, June 13, 2019
If You Love Forests, Let Them Burn
Monday, April 22, 2019
The E15 Mandate Is Poor Environmental Policy
Friday, November 9, 2018
Trump’s Ethanol Plans Double Down on Bad Environmental Policy
Wednesday, October 10, 2018
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
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