Dr. Daniel J. Smith is the director of the Political Economy Research Institute at MTSU.
Dr. Art Laffer participated in the PERI's Wealth Tax Debate at MTSU.
Dr. Nicholas Buccola presented a guest lecture on Frederick Douglass and free speech with the PERI.
MTSU alum Dr. Howard Henderson gave a guest lecture on criminal justice reform with the PERI.
MTSU alumnus and Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan was an economist known for his work on public choice theory
PERI is housed jointly in the University Honors College and Jones College of Business.

PERI Graduate Student Paper Workshop

Coming Soon: Student paper workshops to be announced for Fall 2021 and Spring 2022.