Gwartney

Gwartney and Stroup have long had a pretty successful, fairly conventional (if a bit more libertarian oriented) principles textbook.

Teaching Economics as Common Sense, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

I keep a well worn micro text on my shelf by Gwartney, Stroup and Sobel.

Textbook Omissions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The same Gwartney of Florida State and Freetheworld. com.

Textbook Omissions, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Professors Gwartney and Stroup in a 1983 article in the American Economic Review analyze the concept of income effects in great detail with respect to tax-rate reductions.10 They find that income effects from tax changes across an economy, incorporating the impact from reduced government spending, offset one another.

RETURN TO PROSPERITY Arthur B. Laffer 2010

Gwartney puts Hong Kong, Singapore, New Zealand, and Switzerland in that order at the top of the list of economic liberty.

Inevitable Tax Increases, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

Fortunately, people like Gwartney have done the heavy lifting and we have a ranked list.

Inevitable Tax Increases, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

A second-generation Alaskan native whose parents arrived on the Kenai Peninsula in the 1930s, Gwartney said he filed the complaint simply because he was "sick and tired of corruption in Alaska's government."

Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Nailed in Another Ethics Scandal 2009

Assuming a ranking system that would be even more comprehensive than the one used by Gwartney, I would guess that Switzerland is at the top.

Inevitable Tax Increases, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

The response from the McCain-Palin campaign at the time was to attack Gwartney:

Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Nailed in Another Ethics Scandal 2009

In a letter addressed directly to Gwartney, Puetnomos declared:

Geoffrey Dunn: Palin Nailed in Another Ethics Scandal 2009