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 and Distinguished Fellow of the Southern Economic Association, and past President 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.

His recent articles include:

Can a New National Nanny Make America Healthy Again?

 Don’t Put Coal on Ice

Tricks of the Trust-Busting Trade

Chevron’s End Changes Washington’s Status Quo for the Better 

The Bitter Truth Behind Sugary Soda Taxes

He is the author of Taxing Choice: The Predatory Politics of Fiscal Discrimination in which he shows that the record of “sin taxes” has been anything but successful, as they have hindered economic progress and failed to deliver the promised social benefits.