About the Author

Daniel J. Smith
Daniel J. Smith is director of the Political Economy Research Institute at Middle Tennessee State University and professor of economics at the Jones College of Business. You can follow him on Twitter @smithdanj1. He wrote this for InsideSources.com.
Inside Exclusives
-
SCOTUS to Congress: On Environmental Policy, Do Your Job
Posted June 30, 2022 by Chris Woodward -
Creating Our Own Electricity Crisis
Posted June 30, 2022 by Dan Ervin -
HOLY COW! HISTORY: Was Sylvester Graham Crackers?
Posted June 30, 2022 by J. Mark Powell -
Opinion: Our Freedoms Are Under Attack
Posted June 30, 2022 by Karen Hobert Flynn -
Opinion: On Independence Day, We Could Do Better
Posted June 30, 2022 by Iain Murray -
Are Green Groups Putting Progressive Politics Ahead of Protecting Environment?
Posted June 29, 2022 by Chris Woodward -
Authoritarian Breadcrumbs Predated Russia’s Ukrainian Invasion
Posted June 29, 2022 by Natalie Gonnella-Platts -
Reading Room in Europe
Posted June 29, 2022 by David Haworth -
An Answer to Exploding Energy Prices and Rising Emissions
Posted June 29, 2022 by Bjorn Lomborg -
California and Texas Blackouts Could Be Coming, Energy Experts Warn
Posted June 28, 2022 by Gregory Bresiger
-
NH Dem Disses ‘Nurses With Two Years at Community College’ as Unfit
Posted February 03, 2021 by Christopher Maidment -
Outbox vs. USPS: How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail (Updated)
Posted April 28, 2014 by Derek Khanna -
Joe Biden’s Draft Record Looks a Lot Like Donald Trump’s. Do Democrats Care?
Posted June 09, 2019 by Michael Graham -
Why It’s Good to Be 30 Years Old, Single, Childless, Renting, and Deep in Student Loan Debt
Posted September 24, 2014 by Shawn McCoy -
Silent Sound Kills
Posted December 14, 2017 by Bill Kahn -
The Political Pill for COVID
Posted August 18, 2021 by Pierre Kory, MD -
Why Freedom of Speech Matters
Posted February 12, 2015 by Britt Christensen, Ph.D. -
Exclusive: Survey Finds Turmoil in Postal Workforce
Posted April 28, 2016 by Shawn McCoy -
Opinion: Donald Trump Is a Disaster
Posted July 30, 2015 by Bill Greener III -
Fact Check: The Confusing Hedge Fund Rhetoric in the 2016 Campaign
Posted June 16, 2016 by Carter Dougherty