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James Gwartney
Professor of Economics, Florida State University
James D. Gwartney was a Professor of Economics and the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar at Florida State University. He was the coauthor of Economics: Private and Public Choice (Cengage/South-Western Press, 2021), a widely used principles of economics text that is now in its 17th edition. He was also coauthor of an economics primer, Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know about Wealth and Prosperity (St. Martin’s Press, 2016). His publications appeared in both professional journals and popular media such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. He served as Chief Economist of the Joint Economic Committee of the US Congress during 1999–2000. In 2004, he was the recipient of the Adam Smith Award of the Association of Private Enterprise Education for his contribution to the advancement of free-market ideals. He was a past President of the Southern Economic Association and the Association for Private Enterprise Education. His Ph.D. in economics was from the University of Washington.
Authored by James Gwartney
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Ryan Murphy, Matanda Abubaker, Andrea Celico, Alexander C.R. Hammond, Fred McMahon and Martin Rode
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Simeon Djankov and Fred McMahon
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Justin T. Callais, Rosemarie Fike, Vincent Geloso, Nijdar S. Khalid, Fred McMahon and Martin van Staden
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Canada lags behind U.S. in economic freedom, China threatens Hong Kong’s top rank in annual report
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Niclas Berggren, Fred McMahon and Therese Nilsson
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Hong Kong, Singapore again lead world in economic freedom—U.S. back in top 5 most-free countries
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Daniel L. Bennett, Fred McMahon, Rosemarie Fike and Boris Nikolaev
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Pál Czeglédi, Rosemarie Fike, Fred McMahon and Carlos Newland
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Canada falls out of top five in international economic freedom ranking; now tied with U.S. at 11th
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Rosemarie Fike, Richard J. Grant, Fred McMahon, Indra de Soysa and Krishna Chaitanya Vadlamannati
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Ryan Murphy, Robbie Butler, John Considine, Hugo J. Faria, Rosemarie Fike, Fred McMahon, Hugo M. Montesinos-Yufa, Dean Stansel and Meg Tuszynski
| By: James Gwartney, Robert A. Lawson, Joshua C. Hall, Hans Pitlik and Dulce M. Redin