Ph.D., University of Washington, 1969.
Professor of Economics.
Areas of interest: The impact of economic and social institutions on economic growth, public finance, and labor economics.

Dr. Gwartney is co-author of Economics: Public and Private Choice, a widely used economics textbook that is now in its eighth edition. His work on economic freedom and economic growth has been acclaimed throughout the world.

Phone: (850) 644-7645
E-mail: jgwartne@garnet.acns.fsu.edu
Web Site: http://garnet.acns.fsu.edu/~jgwartne/

VITA: James D. Gwartney

Recent Publications

Books

• Economic Freedom of the World: 2006 Annual Report (with Robert Lawson), published by Cato Institute in the United States, Fraser Institute in Canada, and a network of institutes in 70 other countries, 2006.
• Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity, (with Richard Stroup and Dwight Lee), New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. (Translated to Arabic and Spanish in 2006; translations are forthcoming in Chinese, Korean, Georgian, and Mongolian.)

Refereed Journal Articles

• Gwartney, J., R. Holcombe and R. Lawson. 2006. "Institutions and the Impact of Investment on Growth." Kyklos 59(2), 255-76.
• Gwartney, J. and R. Lawson. 2006. "The Impact of Tax Policy on Economic Growth, Income Distribution, and Allocation of Taxes." Social Philosophy and Policy 23(2), 28-52. Also appeared in Taxation, Economic Prosperity, and Distributive Justice (2006) by Ellen Frankel Paul, Fred D. Miller, Jr., and Jeffrey Paul (eds.) (Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press), 28-52.

Other Research

• Instructor's Manual for "Teaching Tools for Macroeconomics, Government, and International Trade from John Stossel -- College edition" (with Joseph Calhoun, John Morton, and Mark Schug) (2006), published by ABC News.
  • This is a set of short video clips designed for use in economics classes at both the high school and college level. We helped choose and revise the video clips and prepared the manual about how to use them effectively in the classroom.)
• Instructor's Manual for "Teaching Tools for Microeconomics from John Stossel -- College edition" (with Joseph Calhoun, John Morton, and Mark Schug) (2006), published by ABC News.
  • This is a set of short video clips designed for use in economics classes at both the high school and college level.)