FairTax Supporters

Here is a short (but incomplete) list of economists who either helped to create the FairTax or support it. They understand that the FairTax will give power back to the people, it will put money back into the pockets of the people who earned it, and give them the wage earner the power of choice as to where and how they will pay their taxes.

Donald L. Alexander
Professor of Economics
Western Michigan University

Wayne Angell
Angell Economics

Jim Araji
Professor of Agricultural Economics
University of Idaho

Ray Ball
Graduate School of Business
University of Chicago

Roger J. Beck
Professor Emeritus
Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale

John J. Bethune
Kennedy Chair of Free Enterprise
Barton College

David M. Brasington
Louisiana State University

Jack A. Chambless
Professor of Economics
Valencia College

Christopher K. Coombs
Louisiana State University

William J. Corcoran, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska at Omaha

Eleanor D. Craig
Economics Department
University of Delaware

Susan Dadres, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
Southern Methodist University

Henry Demmert
Santa Clara University

Arthur De Vany
Professor Emeritus
Economics and Mathematical
Behavioral Sciences
University of California, Irvine

Pradeep Dubey
Leading Professor
Center for Game Theory
Dept. of Economics
SUNY at Stony Brook

Demissew Diro Ejara
William Paterson University of New Jersey

Patricia J. Euzent
Department of Economics
University of Central Florida

John A. Flanders
Professor of Business and Economics
Central Methodist University

Richard H. Fosberg, Ph.D.
William Paterson University

Gary L. French, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President
Nathan Associates Inc.

Professor James Frew
Economics Department
Willamette University

K. K. Fung
University of Memphis

Satya J. Gabriel, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Finance
Mount Holyoke College

Dave Garthoff
Summit College
The University of Akron

Ronald D. Gilbert
Associate Professor of Economics
Texas Tech University

Philip E. Graves
Department of Economics
University of Colorado

Bettina Bien Greaves, Retired
Foundation for Economic Education

John Greenhut, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Finance & Business Economics
School of Global Management and Leadership
Arizona State University

Darrin V. Gulla
Dept. of Economics
University of Georgia

Jon Halvorson
Assistant Professor of Economics
Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Reza G. Hamzaee, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics & Applied Decision Sciences
Department of Economics
Missouri Western State College

James M. Hvidding
Professor of Economics
Kutztown University

F. Jerry Ingram, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics and Finance
The University of Louisiana-Monroe

Drew Johnson
Fellow
Davenport Institute for Public Policy
Pepperdine University

Steven J. Jordan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Virginia Tech
Department of Economics

Richard E. Just
University of Maryland

Dr. Michael S. Kaylen
Associate Professor
University of Missouri

David L. Kendall
Professor of Economics and Finance
University of Virginia's College at Wise

Peter M. Kerr
Professor of Economics
Southeast Missouri State University

Miles Spencer Kimball
Professor of Economics
University of Michigan

James V. Koch
Department of Economics
Old Dominion University

Laurence J. Kotlikoff
Professor of Economics
Boston University

Edward J. López
Assistant Professor
University of North Texas

Franklin Lopez
Tulane University

Salvador Lopez
University of West Georgia

Yuri N. Maltsev, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Carthage College

Glenn MacDonald
John M. Olin Distinguished Professor of Economics and Strategy
Washington University in St. Louis

Dr. John Merrifield,
Professor of Economics
University of Texas-San Antonio

Dr. Matt Metzgar
Mount Union College

Carlisle Moody
Department of Economics
College of William and Mary

Andrew P. Morriss
Galen J. Roush Professor of Business Law & Regulation
Case Western Reserve
University School of Law

Timothy Perri
Department of Economics
Appalachian State University

Mark J. Perry
School of Management and Department of Economics
University of Michigan-Flint

Timothy Peterson
Assistant Professor
Economics and Management Department
Gustavus Adolphus College

Ben Pierce
Central Missouri State
University

Michael K. Pippenger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
University of Alaska

Robert Piron
Professor of Economics
Oberlin College

Mattias Polborn
Department of Economics
University of Illinois

Joseph S. Pomykala, Ph.D.
Department of Economics
Towson University

Barry Popkin
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Steven W. Rick
Lecturer, University of Wisconsin
Senior Economist, Credit Union National Association

Paul H. Rubin

Samuel Candler Dobbs
Professor of Economics & Law
Department of Economics
Emory University

John Ruggiero
University of Dayton

Michael K. Salemi
Bowman and Gordon Gray
Professor of Economics
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Carole E. Scott
Richards College of Business
State University of West Georgia

Carlos Seiglie
Dept. of Economics
Rutgers University

John Semmens
Economist
Phoenix College
Arizona

Alan C. Shapiro
Ivadelle and Theodore Johnson Professor of Banking and Finance
Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California

Dr. Stephen Shmanske
Professor of Economics
California State University, Hayward

James F. Smith
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

Vernon L. Smith
Economist

W. James Smith
Dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics
University of Colorado at Denver

John C. Soper
Boler School of Business
John Carroll University

Roger Spencer
Professor of Economics
Trinity University

Daniel A. Sumner, Director,
University of California
Agricultural Issues Center and the Frank H. Buck, Jr., Chair Professor,
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics,
University of California, Davis

Curtis R. Taylor
Professor of Economics and Business
Duke University

Robert Vigil
Analysis Group, Inc.

John H. Wicks, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Economics
University of Montana

F. Scott Wilson, Ph.D.
Canisius College

Mokhlis Y. Zaki
Professor of Economics Emeritus
Northern Michigan University

Some rather prestigious people mentioned here, holding some prestigious positions at equally prestigious institutions of learning. If the FairTax were a bad idea, would these people put their reputations on the line? In the world of academics, reputation is everything.