William L. Davis is Professor of Economics at the University of Tennessee at Martin where he has taught undergraduate and graduate courses for the last 22 years and currently serves as the managing editor for the Journal of Business and Economic Perspectives. During his tenure at UT he has been a member of the Editorial Review Board for the University of Tennessee Press for many years and was past Director of Graduate Programs in Business Administration. He has been a visiting research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, and has received research grants from the Tennessee Valley Authority, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, and Kerr McGee Oil Company and other organizations. His articles have appeared in various social science and economics journals on topics ranging from drug prohibition to education reform. He earned his Ph.D in economics at Oklahoma State University. His email is wdavis@utm.edu.