Art Carden
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Art Carden is a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California and an Associate Professor of Economics at Samford Universitys Brock School of Business. In addition, he is a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics and a Senior Fellow with the Beacon Center of Tennessee. Arts research has appeared in the Journal of Urban Economics, the Southern Economic Journal, Applied Economics, Public Choice, and Contemporary Economic Policy, and his commentaries have appeared in Forbes, USA Today, and many other outlets. He earned a BS and MA from the University of Alabama and an AM and PhD from Washington University in Saint Louis. Before joining the faculty at Samford, Art taught economics at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. He lives in Birmingham, Alabama with his wife and three children.
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Books | |
In All Fairness | 2019 |
Future: Economic Peril or Prosperity? | 2016 |
Video | ||
The Economics of Pope Francis and the Caring Society Panel (Audio Only) | April 3, 2018 | |
Liberty and Responsibility | Art Carden | July 18, 2016 | |
Art Carden Talks Price Gouging on Stossel | November 1, 2012 | |
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Audio | |
Art Carden Talks about Regulation of Sugar | March 1, 2012 |
Independent Review Articles | |
Well Never Be Royals, but That Doesnt Matter | Summer 2017 |
If We Keep Our Ethical Wits, We Can See over into a Great Enrichment | Winter 2015/16 |
Bootleggers and Baptists | Winter 2014/15 |
Commentary Articles | |
Forgiving Student Loans: Not the Great Idea You Think It Is | March 2, 2021 |
That the Profit of One Man Is the Gain of Another | March 2, 2021 |
There Are Libertarians in a Pandemic, and for Good Reason | March 1, 2021 |
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Beacon Blog Posts | |
Objectivity, Probability, and Scholarship | April 20, 2011 |
Arnold Harberger on the Chicago Boys | December 4, 2010 |
Human Rights and Economic Liberalization | August 2, 2010 |
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Working Papers | |
The Creation of Knowledge in Society: Waste Defined by Property and Exchange | July 25, 2017 |
More and Better: Resources Defined Through Property and Exchange | May 5, 2017 |
Retail Innovations in American Economic History | July 26, 2012 |
Contest Essay | |
Cant Buy Me Growth: On Foreign Aid and Economic Change | October 10, 2007 |