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Art Carden

Associate Professor of Economics, Samford University

He is also a Research Fellow with the Independent Institute, a Senior Fellow with the Beacon Center of Tennessee, a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Faith, Work and Economics, an Adjunct Program officer in Economics with the Institute for Humane Studies, a member of the Adjunct Faculty of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, and a policy advisor for The Heartland Institute. Previously, he was a Visiting Research Fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research in 2008, 2009 and 2011, and he had the honor of teaching in summer programs sponsored by the Institute for Humane Studies and the Ludwig von Mises Institute.

Art’s main areas of research are Southern Economic History, development economics and the effects of “Big Box” retailers like Walmart and Costco. Art’s research has appeared in journals like the Journal of Urban Economics, Public Choice, Contemporary Economic Policy and Business and Politics. He regularly contributes commentaries to Forbes.com and the Washington Examiner as well as on USNews.com, Mises.org, and ForeignPolicy.com. He also has been interviewed and used as an expert in newspapers like the Tennessean, the Memphis Commercial Appeal, the Los Angeles Business Journal, the Orlando Business Journal and numerous other media outlets.