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SUMMARY:William F. Shughart II is  Senior Fellow at the Independent Institute
DESCRIPTION:William Shughart is the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice in the Jon
  M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, past President an
 d Distinguished Fellow of the Southern Economic Association, and past Presi
 dent of the Public Choice Society. A former economist at the Federal Trade 
 Commission, Professor Shughart received his Ph.D. in economics from Texas A
  & M University, and he has taught at George Mason University, Clemson 
 University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Arizona.\nHis 
 recent articles include:\n
Can a New National Nanny Make America Healthy Ag
 ain?\n
 (https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=15229)\n Don’t Put
  Coal on Ice (https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=15176)\nTrick
 s of the Trust-Busting Trade (https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?
 id=15060)\nChevron’s End Changes Washington’s Status Quo for the Better (ht
 tps://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=15003) \nThe Bitter Truth Beh
 ind Sugary Soda Taxes (https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=1484
 4)\nHe is the author of Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Dis
 crimination in which he shows that the record of “sin taxes” has been anyth
 ing but successful, as they have hindered economic progress and failed to d
 eliver the promised social benefits.\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>William&nbsp;Shughart is&nbsp;the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choi
 ce in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, past
  President and Distinguished Fellow of the Southern Economic Association, a
 nd past President of the Public Choice Society. A former economist at the F
 ederal Trade Commission, Professor Shughart received his Ph.D. in economics
  from Texas A &amp; M University, and he has taught at George Mason Univers
 ity, Clemson University, University of Mississippi, and the University of A
 rizona.</p><p>His recent articles include:</p><p><a href="https://www.indep
 endent.org/news/article.asp?id=15229"><p>Can a New National Nanny Make Amer
 ica Healthy Again?</p></a></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="https://www.independent.org
 /news/article.asp?id=15176">Don’t Put Coal on Ice</a></p><p><a href="https:
 //www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=15060">Tricks of the Trust-Bustin
 g Trade</a></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=
 15003">Chevron’s End Changes Washington’s Status Quo for the Better</a>&nbs
 p;</p><p><a href="https://www.independent.org/news/article.asp?id=14844">Th
 e Bitter Truth Behind Sugary Soda Taxes</a></p><p>He is the author of&nbsp;
 Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination in which he 
 shows that the record of “sin taxes” has been anything but successful, as t
 hey have hindered economic progress and failed to deliver the promised soci
 al benefits.</p>
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