Published on October 22, 2024 by Catherine Smith  

EconomicsArt Carden, professor of economics in Samford University's Brock School of Business, is an internationally recognized economist and accomplished media expert. His areas of expertise include mass-market retailers, economic history, public policy and regulation, causes and consequences of economic growth, and more. He also frequently participates as a panelist and speaker at various economic forums nationwide.

Carden is a senior fellow at the Fraser Institute based in Vancouver. He speaks at their student programs regularly. Carden's book, Leave Me Alone and I'll Make You Rich: How the Bourgeois Deal Enriched the World, which he coauthored with world renowned economist Deirdre McCloskey, was recently interviewed by the Fraser Institute in Vancouver.  

 Carden was recently interviewed by WalletHub for a piece featuring experts from across the country regarding the state of the workforce.  Read Carden's Contributions Here.

 Carden's article, “Debauched Currency Leads to Debauched Hot Dogs” featured in EconLog, the blog of The Library of Economics and Liberty, addresses topics such as the Federal Reserve, quantity theory of money and more.

 Carden is a senior fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research. Read his contributions here.

  • "Two Societies: ‘May I Take Your Order?’ or ‘That’s an Order!" (Oct. 7)
  • "Artificial Intelligence: Our Days (Probably) Aren’t Numbered" (Sept. 19)
  • "College Football’s Lesson About Political Economy"  (Sept. 5)
  • "Labor Isn’t Value" (July 30)
  • "Where Will the New Jobs Come From?"  (July 23)
  • "The Mass Democratization of Knowledge: Now Everyone Has Research Assistants" (July 16)
  • "Consumers (Sovereignly) Control Google"  (July 9)
  • "Who Loves Minimum Wage Laws? Kiosk Makers" (July 2)

 Additional new writings by professor Carden include "Slavery" which will be published in the Elgar Encyclopedia of Public Choice, “W.H. Hutt: An Economist for the Twenty-First Century” which will appear in an Independent Institute volume on under-appreciated economists, and “Coercion Against Coordination: W.H. Hutt on Collective Bargaining and the Strike-Threat System” which is under review for a special issue of the Review of Austrian Economics.

 Carden is a senior fellow with the American Institute for Economic Research, a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute, a senior research fellow with the Institute for Faith, Work, and Economics, a senior fellow with the Beacon Center of Tennessee, and a research fellow with the Independent Institute.

 
Samford is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Samford is the 87th-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. Samford enrolls 6,101 students from 45 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Samford fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and ranks 6th nationally for its Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.