PERI in the Media

Below is a collection of publications featuring the expertise of PERI faculty, affiliated scholars, and staff.

• Op-Ed: Nicholas Reinarts. “Minimum wage for disabled Tennesseans is a well-intended but misguided solution.” Tennessee Lookout. April 8, 2022
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Occupational Licensing Reduces Economic Opportunity in Tennessee,” (with Macy Scheck and Ron Shultis). Tennessean. April 5, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “The Costs of Occupational Licensing Fall Heaviest on Vulnerable Tennesseans,” (with Macy Scheck and Ron Shultis). The Center Square. March 30, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “How Inflation Raises Your Taxes,” (with William F. Ford). Wall Street Journal. March 30, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “What a New Titan’s Stadium Would be a Taxpayer-funded Boondoggle,” Tennessean. March 22, 2022.
• News: Daniel Smith. “5 Causes of the Great Depression,” History.com. March 10, 2022.
• News: Daniel Smith. “Gas price increases take their toll on local transportation business,” WSMV.com. March 9, 2022
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Is a College Degree Still Worth the Price Tag?” Nashville Business Journal. March 15, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Zoning Laws, Not REITs to Blame for High Housing Prices,” Orange County Register. March 9th, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Tobacco’s Surprising Partners in Stubbing Out Vaping,” Real Clear Politics. February 28th, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “When Should Government Infringe Upon Academic Freedom in a Democracy?,” (with Adam Kissel). Tennessean. February 19th, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Biden’s Fed Nominees a Tit-for-Tat Response to Trump’s,” InsideSources. Jan. 27, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith & Macy Scheck. “Why Tennessee Must Reform Certificate-of-Need Regulations to Improve Health Care Markets.” Tennessean. Jan. 25, 2022. 
• Blog: Daniel Smith”Money and the Rule of Law,” Centre for the Study of Governance & Society, King’s College London. Jan. 24, 2022. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Policymakers Giving Millions to Ford Have Case of Big-Government Blues,” Tennessean. Nov. 1, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “The Puzzle of Cryptocurrency,” Nashville Business Journal. Oct. 22, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Big Government Stifiling of Big Tech Will Harm Tennessee Consumers,” Tennessean. Oct. 8, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Is Inflation on the Horizon?” Nashville Business Journal. June 8, 2021.
• Op-Ed: Ennio Piano. “Is artistic integrity a necessary sacrifice for modern creative entrepreneurs?” Nashville Business Journal. June 8, 2021.
• News: Daniel Smith. “Labor shortage takes toll on Tennessee businesses,” The Center Square. June 2, 2021.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Alcohol Taxes Fall Heaviest on the Poor,” (with Macy Scheck). Tennessean. May 6, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “What Can the Government Do to Help the Poor?” The Center Square. April 7, 2021. 
• ​Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “End the Fed’s Mission Creep,” (with Alexander W. Salter). Wall Street Journal. March 26, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Tennessee on the Up and Up,” The Center Square. March 26, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “COVID Stimulus Won’t Cure the Pension Pandemic,” (with Eileen J. Norcross). Tribune Publishing Syndications. March 26, 2021.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “What Trash Can Teach Us About Economics,” American Institute for Economic Research. March 16, 2021. 

• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “The Legacy of James M. Buchanan at Middle Tennessee State University: A Response to Nancy MacLean’s Democracy in Chains,” PERI Commentary. March 11, 2021. 
• ​Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “By Supporting Trumpism, the GOP is in Danger of Losing Libertarian Support,” (with Alexander W. Salter). Dallas Morning News. February 7, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Federal Minimum Wage Will Harm Tennessee,” Chattanooga Times Free Press. February 3, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “End Asset Forfeiture in Tennessee,” Tennessee Lookout. January 27, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Why Conservative Should Support Marijuana Legalization,” Tennessean. January 26, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Why Certificate of Need Laws are Stifling Health Care in Tennessee,” Nashville Business Journal. January 8, 2021. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Make Way for the Innovators: Their Risk is Our Reward,” Nashville Business Journal. January 8, 2021. 
• ​Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Forgiving Student Loans Fails Econ 101,” Tennessee Star. December 17, 2020. 
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Does Judy Shelton’s Rejection Mean the Gold Standard is Dead?” Nashville Business Journal. December 10, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “A Memorial from a Student on Walter W. Williams,” Tennessee Star. December 4, 2020.
• Op-Ed: “To Fix the Fed, We Need True Monetary Rules,” (with Peter J. Boettke and Alexander W. Salter). The Hill. November 23, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Don’t Hate the Chains: Corporate Stores Pave the Way for Local Economic Growth with Job Creation, Business Development,” Nashville Business Journal. August 11, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Keep Federal Hands Out of Our Local Purse,” PERI Commentary. May 28, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Carnival Barkers: A Hard Lesson on Why Fiscal Responsibility Matters,” PERI Commentary. May 19, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Careless Acts of Corruption: Disaster Relief Continually Falls into the Wrong Hands,” PERI Commentary. May 1, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Crisis Economics: Price Gouging Laws Perpetuate the Hoarding of Goods and Create Shortages,” Nashville Business Journal. April 17, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “In a Disaster or Crisis, Cut the Red Tape,” (with Brian Delaney), PERI Commentary. April 15, 2020.
• News: Daniel Smith.  “We already had problems’: Rural communities anticipate steeper climb after COVID-19,” Nashville Tennessean. March 29, 2020.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Lessons Learned in Disaster Recovery Show How the Private Sector Shines in Recovery Efforts,” (with Brian Delaney). PERI Commentary. March 17, 2020.
• News: Daniel Smith. “Murfreesboro council awards $9.1 million to 3 contractors for Siegel Soccer Park project,” Daily News Journal. March 3, 2020.
• News: Daniel Smith. “Murfreesboro wins ‘Pork of the Year’ award for $14.5M soccer deal,” Daily News Journal. Dec. 18, 2019.
• News: Daniel Smith. “Prosperity Project,” Enterprise MT. July 23, 2019.
• News: Daniel Smith. “New MTSU Economic Institute Director Discusses Tariffs’ Impact on Ginseng Growers,” MTSU News. Aug. 24, 2018.
• Op-Ed: Daniel Smith. “Protecting Free Speech on Campus,” Beacon Center of Tennessee. October 25, 2018.