Bagwell Center Commentary

Bagwell Center Commentaries are written by Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty. These pieces comment on relevant news items, public policy issues, or other current issues from an economic perspective. Each commentary is an expression of the views of the writers (and not the Bagwell Center).

• "How the Wage Gap is Calculated, Why it is Wrong, & What We Can Do About It" by Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (January 2021)
  
  
• "Why U.S. Immigration Policy Should Favor Highly Educated and Skilled Immigrants" by Murat Doral, Senior Lecturer in Economics & Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (December 2020)
  
  
• "Not Taxes, but the Other Thing" by Timothy Mathews, Bagwell Center Director (November 2020)
  
  
• "The Economist's Approach to Thinking about Discrimination (and Other Issues)" by Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (October 2020)
  
  
• "Computers Still Cannot Plan an Economy" by Robert Gmeiner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (September 2020)
  
  
• "Competitive Markets Eliminate Discrimination: the Example of Professional Sports" by Burt Folsom, Visiting Professor of Economic History & Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (August 2020)
  
  
• "Much to Celebrate: Romania's Transition to an Open Economy 1989-2019" by Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (July 2020)
  
  
• "Revisiting the Economic Good from a Pandemic" by Robert Gmeiner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (June 2020)
  
  
• "The Great Pantomime" by Alex Maslov, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis (May 2020)
  
  
• "The Economics of Emergency Pricing: Immoral Behavior by Buyers when Prices Fall?" by Timothy Mathews, Director, Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity (April 2020)
  
  
• "The Economic Good of a Pandemic" by Robert Gmeiner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty (March 2020)
  
  
• "Why Competitive Markets Discourage Discrimination" by Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer in Economics & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty Member (February 2020)
  
  
• "Video Games" by James Boudreau, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty Member (January 2020)
  
  
• "Vending Machines, Government Policy, and Economic Organization" by James Boudreau, Assistant Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University and Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty Member (November 2019)
  
  
• "Inequality of Incomes and of Alcohol Consumption in the U.S." by Timothy Mathews, Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University & Director of the Bagwell Center for the Study of Markets and Economic Opportunity (October 2019)
  
  
• "Do Labor Markets Discriminate Against Women?" by Michael Patrono, Senior Lecturer in Economics & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty Member (September 2019).
  
  
• "Hong Kong's Protests Are About Economic Freedom and Opportunity" by Robert Gmeiner, Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics & Bagwell Center Affiliated Faculty Member (August 2019).