This collection is not yet comprehensive and will continue to be expanded as additional works are identified and added. For a more extensive record of James Gwartney’s scholarship and professional activities through 2021, see his CV (Curriculum Vitae). Because his CV was last updated in 2021, it does not include his work from the final years of his life.
Gwartney, James D. (2021). Curriculum Vitae. Florida State University. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/James%20Gwartney%20CV.pdf
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DR. JAMES GWARTNEY’S RESEARCH
Bennett, Daniel L., Hugo J. Faria, James D. Gwartney, and Daniel R. Morales (2017). Economic Institutions and Comparative Economic Development: A Post-Colonial Perspective. World Development 96 (August): 503–519. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/Economic%20Institutions%20and%20Comparative%20Economic%20Development%20WD.pdf
Block, Walter E. (ed.) (1991). Economic Freedom: Toward a Theory of Measurement. Fraser Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/EconomicFreedomTheoryofMeasurement.pdf
Connors, Joseph, James D. Gwartney, and Hugo M. Montesinos (2020). The Transportation-Communication Revolution: 50 Years of Dramatic Change in Economic Development. Cato Journal 40, 1 (Winter): 153–198. https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/2020-02/cj-v40n1-9.pdf
Easton, Stephen T., and Michael A. Walker (eds.) (1992). Rating Global Economic Freedom. Fraser Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Rating-Global-Economic-Freedom.pdf
Federal Reserve History (n.d.). Wayne D. Angell. Federal Reserve History. https://www.federalreservehistory.org/people/wayne-d-angell
Fike, Rosemarie, and James D. Gwartney (2015). Public Choice, Market Failure, and Government Failure in Principles Textbooks. The Journal of Economic Education 46, 2 (April-June): 207–218. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43608840. Working Paper: https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/Gwartney%20Fike%20Public%20Choice.pdf
Gwartney, James D. (1969). Income and Occupational Differences Between Whites and Nonwhites. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington.
Gwartney, James D. (1970a). Changes in the Nonwhite/White Income Ratio—1939–67. American Economic Review 60, 5 (December): 872–883. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1818287
Gwartney, James D. (1970b). Discrimination and Income Differentials. American Economic Review 60, 3 (June): 396–408. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1817989
Gwartney, James D. (1971). Discrimination and Income Differentials: Reply. The American Economic Review, 61(4), 751–755. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1811874
Gwartney, James D. (2002). How I Became a Classical Liberal. In Walter Block (ed.), I Chose Liberty: Autobiographies of Contemporary Libertarians (Ludwig von Mises Institute): 135–137. https://cdn.mises.org/I%20Chose%20Liberty%20Autobiographies%20of%20Contemporary%20Libertarians_2.pdf
Gwartney, James D. (2009). Institutions, Economic Freedom, and Cross-Country Differences in Performance. Southern Economic Journal 75, 4 (April): 937–956. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/j.2325-8012.2009.tb00941.x
Gwartney, James, Ephraim Asher, and Charles Haworth (1979). Statistics, the Law and Title VII: An Economist’s View. Notre Dame Law Review 54, 4 (April): 633–660. https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/ndlr/vol54/iss4/3/
Gwartney, James D., Walter Block, and Robert Lawson (1992). Measuring Economic Freedom. In Stephen T. Easton and Michael A. Walker (eds.), Rating Global Economic Freedom, 153–229. Vancouver: Fraser Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/Rating-Global-Economic-Freedom.pdf
Gwartney, James D., and Joseph S. Connors (2010). Economic Freedom and Global Poverty. In Mark D. White (ed.), Accepting the Invisible Hand: Market-Based Approaches to Social-Economic Problems, chap. 3, 43–68. Palgrave Macmillan. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/Gwartney%20Connors-Economic%20Freedom%20and%20Global%20Poverty.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Randall G. Holcombe, and Robert A. Lawson (2004). Economic Freedom, Institutional Quality, and Cross-Country Differences in Income and Growth. Cato Journal 24, 3 (Fall): 205–233. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/GwartneyHolcombeLawsonCato2004.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Randall G. Holcombe, and Robert A. Lawson (2006). Institutions and the Impact of Investment on Growth. Kyklos 59, 2 (May): 255–273. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/GwartneyHolcombeLawsonKYKLOS2006.pdf
Gwartney, James D., and Robert A. Lawson (2003). The Concept and Measurement of Economic Freedom. European Journal of Political Economy 19 (September): 405–430. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/Gwartney%20Lawson%20EJPE%20article.pdf
Gwartney, James D., and Robert A. Lawson (2004). What Have We Learned from the Measurement of Economic Freedom? In Mark A. Wynne, Harvey Rosenblum, and Robert L. Formaini (eds.), The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to Choose: Economic Liberalism at the Turn of the 21st Century, Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas 22-24, October 2003 (Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas): 217–238. https://www.dallasfed.org/-/media/Documents/research/pubs/ftc/gwartney.pdf
Gwartney, James D., and Robert A. Lawson (2024). The Creation of the Economic Freedom of the World Index. In Niclas Berggren (ed.), Handbook of Research on Economic Freedom (Edward Elgar Publishing): 16–30. https://cosspp.fsu.edu/economics/wp-content/uploads/sites/19/2024/10/Creation_of_Economic_Freedom_of_World_Index_2000.pdf
Gwartney, James, Robert Lawson, and Walter Block (1996). Economic Freedom of the World: 1975–1995. Fraser Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/EconomicFreedomoftheWorld1975-1995.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Robert A. Lawson, and Randall G. Holcombe (1998). The Size and Functions of Government and Economic Growth. Joint Economic Committee, US Congress. https://ohu.people.ysu.edu/articles/govt_size_economic_growth.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Robert A. Lawson, and Randall G. Holcombe (1999). Economic Freedom and the Environment for Economic Growth. Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics 155, 4 (December): 643–663. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40752161; https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/JITE_Gwartney_1999.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Dwight R. Lee, Tawni Hunt Ferrarini, Joseph P. Calhoun, and Jane Shaw Stroup (2024). Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity. 4th ed. St. Martin’s.
Gwartney, James D., and Hugo M. Montesinos (2018). Former Centrally Planned Economies 25 Years After the Fall of Communism. Cato Journal 38, 1 (Winter): 285–309. https://www.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/serials/files/cato-journal/2018/2/cato-journal-v38n1-chapter-15.pdf
Gwartney, James D., and Richard L. Stroup (1993). What Everyone Should Know About Economics and Prosperity. Fraser Institute and James Madison Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/WhatEveryoneShoudKnowEconomics.pdf
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, and J. R. Clark (1985). Essentials of Economics. 2nd ed. Academic Press.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee (2002). Introduction to Economics: The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. 2nd ed. Dryden Press.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, and Dwight R. Lee (2005). Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity. St. Martin’s Press.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Dwight R. Lee, Tawni H. Ferrarini, and Joseph P. Calhoun (2016). Common Sense Economics: What Everyone Should Know About Wealth and Prosperity. 3rd ed. St. Martin’s Press.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David A. Macpherson (2017). Economics: Private and Public Choice. 16th ed. Cengage Learning.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David A. Macpherson (2020). Economics: Private and Public Choice. 17th ed. Cengage Learning.
Gwartney, James D., Richard L. Stroup, Russell S. Sobel, and David A. Macpherson (2025). Economics: Private and Public Choice. 18th ed. Cengage Learning.
Gwartney, James D., and Richard E. Wagner (eds.) (1988). Public Choice and Constitutional Economics. JAI Press.
Hall, Joshua C., and Robert A. Lawson (2014). Economic Freedom of the World: An Accounting of the Literature. Contemporary Economic Policy 32, 1 (January): 1–19. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/coep.12010
Haworth, Joan Gustafson, James D. Gwartney, and Charles Haworth (1975). Earnings, Productivity, and Changes in Employment Discrimination During the 1960’s. American Economic Review 65, 1 (March): 158–168. https://www.jstor.org/stable/1806404
Holcombe, Randall G. (2024). James D. Gwartney (1940–2024). Blog (January 9). The Independent Institute. https://www.independent.org/article/2024/01/09/james-d-gwartney-1940-2024/
Lawson, Robert (2022). Economic Freedom in the Literature: What Is It Good (Bad) For? In James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, Joshua Hall, and Ryan Murphy (eds.), Economic Freedom of the World: 2022 Annual Report (Fraser Institute): 187–199. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/economic-freedom-of-the-world-2022.pdf
Maxfield, Morgan, and James D. Gwartney (1976). 1929 Revisited: An Economic Handbook for the Turbulent Seventies. National Youth Foundation.
Rode, Martin, and James D. Gwartney (2012). Does Democratization Facilitate Economic Liberalization? European Journal of Political Economy 28, 4 (December): 607–619. https://myweb.fsu.edu/jdgwartney/Documents/Gwartney%20Rode%20-%20Democratization%20and%20Liberlization.pdf
Walker, Michael A. (ed.) (1988). Freedom, Democracy, and Economic Welfare. Fraser Institute. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/FreedomDemocracyEconomicWelfare.pdf
Walker, Michael A. (1996). The Historical Development of the Economic Freedom Index. In James Gwartney, Robert Lawson, and Walter Block, Economic Freedom of the World: 1975–1995 (Fraser Institute): 1–10. https://www.fraserinstitute.org/sites/default/files/EconomicFreedomoftheWorld1975-1995.pdf
Wynne, Mark A., Harvey Rosenblum, and Robert L. Formaini (eds.) (2004). The Legacy of Milton and Rose Friedman’s Free to Choose. Proceedings of a Conference Sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, October 2023. https://www.dallasfed.org/-/media/Documents/research/pubs/ftc/ftc.pdf
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