A prolific and wide-ranging economist, the late Robert D. Tollison (1942-2016) published hundreds of peer-reviewed articles on subjects as different from each other as economic history, antitrust, professional basketball, and the Protestant Reformation. More of a theorist than a number-cruncher, he frequently collaborated with scholars adept in empirical methods, not only because he was aware of his own comparative advantages and limitations, but also because he thought up more ideas for journal articles than anyone could write about from start to finish alone.
William F. Shughart II is a Distinguished Research Advisor at the Independent Institute and the J. Fish Smith Professor in Public Choice in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
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Other Independent Review articles by William F. Shughart II
Spring 2025 The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968
Fall 2024 The DOJ’s Complaint against Apple Doubles Down on Earlier Antitrust Law Enforcement Mistakes
Spring 2023 FDR’s Gambit: The Court Packing Fight and the Rise of Legal Liberalism
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