Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know about Wealth and Prosperity, Fourth Edition - Tapa dura

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James D. Gwartney served as chief economist for the Joint Economic Committee of Congress. A professor of economics at Florida State University, he holds the Gus A. Stavros Eminent Scholar Chair and directs the Stavros Center for Economic Education.

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Jane Shaw Stroup (who also writes as Jane S. Shaw) is a writer and freelance editor. She is chairperson of the Raleigh-based James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, where she was previously president. Before that, Ms. Stroup was a senior fellow with PERC, the Property and Environment Research Center in Bozeman, Montana. Among other books, she coauthored with Michael Sanera Facts, Not Fear: Teaching Children about the Environment. Earlier, she was an associate economics editor of Business Week. She received her bachelor's degree in English literature from Wellesley College and, in 2020, a master's degree in history from North Carolina State University. She is a past president of the Association of Private Enterprise Education, an editorial adviser to Econ Journal Watch and CL Press, a member of the Editorial Advisory Panel of Regulation, and a member of the Editorial Advisory Council of the Institute of Economic Affairs (London). She is the widow of Richard L. Stroup, a previous coauthor of Common Sense Economics.

Dwight R. Lee is coauthor of Getting Rich in America. He holds the Ramsey Chair of Private Enterprise at the University of Georgia and is a past president of the Southern Economic Association.

TAWNI HUNT FERRARINI is the Sam M. Cohodas Professor of Economics and the Director of the Center for Economic Education and Entrepreneurship at Northern Michigan University.

Joseph P. Calhoun is a Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics at Florida State University and Director of the university's Gus A. Stavros Center for the Advancement of Free Enterprise and Economic Education. He currently teaches principles of economics and personal finance classes. He created and leads Unconquered by Debt, an innovative financial wellness program sponsored by the Stavros Center. At no charge, undergraduate students can take workshops or use online resources to develop financial literacy. Dr. Calhoun regularly gives presentations at national teaching conferences on the effective use of media and technology in the classroom. A strong supporter of study-abroad programs, he has taught in Florida State's international programs in England, Italy, and Spain. Dr. Calhoun has received numerous teaching awards at Florida State, including the university's Undergraduate Teaching Award. His doctoral degree is from the University of Georgia.