Greetings, and welcome to my website. Here’s my CV.

I am Margaret Gage Bush Distinguished Professor of Economics at Samford University’s Brock School of Business and the author of Leave Me Alone and I’ll Make You Rich (with Deirdre Nansen McCloskey) and Strangers With Candy: Observations From the Ordinary Business of Life. You can get both from Amazon.com or elsewhere.

I wear a lot of other hats and work with a lot of other organizations, as well. I am a Senior Fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research, a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, a Senior Fellow with the Beacon Center of Tennessee, and a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute. I’m also a member of the Foundation for Economic Education‘s Faculty Network.

My research has appeared in Business Ethics Quarterly, the Journal of Urban Economics, the Southern Economic Journal, Applied Economics, Public Choice, and Contemporary Economic Policy, and my commentaries and other articles have appeared in Forbes, Productive, USA Today, Black Belt, and many other outlets. I currently serve as co-editor of the Southern Economic Journal. Since 2023, I’ve been an elder at Immanuel Church.

I 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, I taught economics at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee. I live in Birmingham, Alabama’s Avondale neighborhood with my wife, our three children, a dog, and a great next door neighbor (my dad).

The views expressed on this website are mine and do not in any way constitute the official views of Samford University, the Brock School of Business, the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, the Mises Institute, the Independent Institute, the Beacon Center of Tennessee, the American Institute for Economic Research, Immanuel Church, the Kroger Bonus Value Club, Planet Fitness, Shell Fuel Rewards, or any organization with which I am or have ever been affiliated.