
Michael D. Thomas
Michael D. Thomas is an associate professor in the Economics and Finance Department at Creighton University. He earned a Ph.D. in economics from George Mason University. Before joining Creighton University he was at Utah State University for five years, and was previously a fellow at the History of Political Economy Center at Duke University. Prof. Thomas’s research focuses on public choice, taxation, and history of economic thought.
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March 27, 2026
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Book Review
Mission Economy
A Moonshot Guide to Changing Capitalism
Michael D. Thomas
September 23, 2025
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Book Review
Meaningful Economics
Making the Science of Prosperity More Human
Michael D. Thomas
December 15, 2024
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The Independent Review
A More Humane Altruism
Effective Altruism Meets Humanomics
Michael D. Thomas
January 25, 2024
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Book Review
Living Better Together
Social Relations and Economic Governance in the Work of Ostrom and Zelizer
Michael D. Thomas
September 1, 2020
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Book Review
Markets against Modernity
Ecological Irrationality, Public, and Private
Michael D. Thomas
April 1, 2018
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The Independent Review
The Rise of the Regulatory State
Institutional Entrepreneurship and the Decline of Markets for Blood
Michael D. Thomas, Diana W. Thomas
April 1, 2018
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Book Review
Inside Job
How Government Insiders Subvert the Public Interest
Michael D. Thomas
April 26, 2017
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News Article
Taxes on Unhealthy Food Are Ineffective and Hurt the Poor
Over the past decade or so, paternalistic objections to fat, sugar, and...
William F. Shughart II, Michael D. Thomas
March 29, 2017
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Published Paper
Income-Expenditure Elasticities of Less-Healthy Consumption Goods
Growing American waistlines are stressing public health...
William F. Shughart II, Adam J. Hoffer, Michael D. Thomas, Rejeana Gvillo








