Posts by William F. Shughart II
William F. Shughart II is a Distinguished Research Advisor and 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.
Build It and They Might Not Come
PBS UK
A (Brief) Critical Review of “This Time is Different”
Internet Taxes
The National Nanny Is Back with a Vengeance
Democracy is Over-Rated
Politics and Government “Investment”
High-Speed Rail and the Poverty of Obamanomics
Inflation-Targeting versus Fiscal Stimulus
Adam Smith on Tax-Regime Uncertainty
Should Wages Never Fall?
News Item: Nearly 100 Banks Benefiting from TARP Are on the Brink of Collapse
The Proposed New “Tax Deal” is More of the Same Washington Bait and Switch
There’s “Hope” for Reducing the Federal Debt
No Interest on Daylight Savings
Buy High, Sell Low
Good Riddance to President Obama’s First Economic “Brains Trust”
Why Is Gold at a New High?
The Business of Business is to Make Profits
The Misinterpretation of the Keynesian “Liquidity Trap”
U.S. Cities at Long Last Begin Grasping the Benefits of Privatization
Another Stimulus Boondoggle
Obama “Disses” the Federal Courts
If the U.S. Won’t Drill Oil Offshore, Other Nations Will
Some Pieces of the Deepwater Horizon Puzzle

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