Jim Cox
Part-Time Instructor Economics Business Administration- Education
1985 Completion of 45 credit hours in Economics and Political Science beyond
the Masters Degree, Georgia State University—55 total graduate
hours in Economics, 30 total graduate hours in Political Science1979 Master of Education
Major: Economics
Georgia State University1975 Bachelor of Business Administration
Major: Marketing
University of Georgia
- Specializations
Minimum Wage
FairTax
- Biography
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- Recognitions and Awards
2016 Outreach Award, Foundation for Economic Education
2012 Received a Certificate of Appreciation from Student Life / SGA
2010 Wells Award for Outstanding Service presented by the Georgia Political Science Association
2004 Georgia Association of Economics and Finance’s “Economics Professor of the Year” Award
- Committees and Organizations
2013 Department Chair Search Committee for Dunwoody Cultural & Behavioral Department 2009-2013 Open Houses
2012-2103 Online Business/Social Science Social Committee
2012 Faculty Advisor for Clarkston Campus SGA Budget Hearings
2012 Celebration of Excellence member 2012
2012 Live Chat 3/12
2011 Academic Exclusion Committee 2011
2011 OnlineByDesign2Participant 2011
2011 Business Promotion and Tenure Committee
2011 Online Course Development, ECON 2106
2011 ECON 2106 Revision Ask Me volunteer, Fall and Spring, Summer, Fall 2011
2011 Academic Exclusion Committee
2010 Five Sector Political Spectrum, and Panelist for The Economic Crisis 0f 2007-2009 Faculty Development Day
2010 Online recruitment with President Tricoli
2010 Chemistry Search Committee
2010 Five Sector Political Spectrum Faculty Development Day
2009 Panelist for The Economic Crisis 0f 2007-2009 Faculty Development Day
2009-2013 Ask Me Volunteer
2009-2011 Quality Matters Committee
2007-2008 Business and Social Science Holiday Party Committee
2007-2008 Business Division Comprehensive Advisement and Transfer Committee
2007-2008 Alfred B. Byrd Business Administration Scholarship Committee
2008 On-Line Economics Instructor Search Committee
2008 Faculty Advisor, Lyceum Committee, Clarkston Campus
2006-2007 Panelist, Constitution Day program, Clarkston Campus
2006-2007 On Line Course Fellowship
2006-2007 POLS Textbook Selection Committee
2006-2007 ECON Textbook Selection Committee
2006-2009 Course Materials Review Panel
2005-2006 Chair, Promotion and Tenure Panel, Business Administration
2005-2006 Faculty/Staff Development Committee, Lawrenceville Campus
2005-2006 Faculty/Staff Advisory Committee, Lawrenceville Campus
2005-2006 Chair, Business Administration Promotion and Tenure Committee
2004-2008 Distance Learning Oversight Committee
2002-2004 Chair, Course Materials Review Business/Social Science, Lawrenceville Campus
2001-2002 Social Courtesy Committee, Lawrenceville Campus
2001-2002 Chair, Lawrenceville Quality Advisory Council
1999-2002 SACS Subcommittee Chairperson, Financial Resources
1999-2002 Course Materials Review Committee, Business/Social Science, Lawrenceville
1999-2000 Chair, Business Administration Promotion and Tenure Committee
1998-1999 Service Learning Committee
1998-2002 Faculty Evaluation Committee
1998-2001 Minority Advisement Program Mentor
1997-2008 College Publications Board
1983-2001 Reviewer of Book and Non-Print Selections for Learning Resource Center
1980-2007 Faculty Advisor for Business Division Programs
1996-1999 Chairman, Gwinnett/Lawrenceville Quality Advisory Committee
1990-2004 Wall Street Journal Award Chairman, Gwinnett Campus
1998 Spring Convocation Committee
1998 Economics Textbook Selection Committee
1997/2003/2005/
2006/2012 Presented “Five Sector Political Spectrum” at Faculty Development Day2005-2007 Presented WebCT VISTA Round Robin at Faculty Development Day
1997 Arranged for a donation of a “Body by Jake” exerciser for campus gym
1997-1998 Promotion and Tenure Panel for Business Administration
1997-1998 Honors Committee
1997-2002 Faculty Advisor, Lyceum Committee, Gwinnett/Lawrenceville Campus
1996-2013 Economics and Political Science Mentor
1997 Chairman, GQAC Food Services Subcommittee, Gwinnett Campus
1996-1998 Institutional Effectiveness Council
1996-1997 I.E.C. subcommittee on Research Policies
1996-1998 Discipline Chair, Economics
1996-1998 Business Administration Program Assessment Committee
1996-1997 Evaluator for Adjunct Economics Instructors
1992-1996 Faculty Advisor, Lyceum Committee, Gwinnett Campus
1992-1996 Faculty Advisor, The DeKalb Collegian, Gwinnett Campus
1992-1993 Student Judiciary
1990-1996 Honors Committee
1995 Business Division, Promotion and Tenure Committee
1993-1994 Faculty Athletic Advisory Committee
1993-1994 Business Division, Promotion and Tenure Committee Chair
1992-1993 Economics Textbook Selection Committee
1992-1993 Faculty Advisory Committee, Gwinnett Campus Business Department
1992-1993 Faculty Advisor, B Natural, Gwinnett Campus
1990-1993 Contact Professor for Gwinnett Campus Adjunct Economics Instructors
1990-1993 President’s Distinguished Faculty Achievement Award Committee
1992 Contact Professor for Phi Theta Kappa Honors Society, Gwinnett Campus
1992 Promotion and Tenure Appeal Panel Review
1991 Instrumental in acquiring the Adam Smith Collection for Learning Resource Center
1990-1991 Calendar Committee
1990-1991 Faculty Senate Alternate
1991 Search Committee for Accounting Instructor
1990 Arranged for Fall Quarter Lyceum speaker, Dr. Yuri Maltsev
1990 Economics Textbook Selection Committee
1990 Evaluator for Adjunct Economics Instructors
1990 Search Committee for Economics Instructors
1990 Panelist, “Forty Acres and a Mule,” sponsored by African-American Association
1989-1990 Economics Common Question Grading Committee
1989-1990 Co-Chairman, Honors Banquet Committee, Central Campus
1989-1990 Business Division Peer Review Committee
1989-1990 Business Department Honors Committee
1989-1990 Central Campus Speaker’s Advisory Board
1989-1990 Access Center Advisory Council Representative
1988-1990 Contact Professor for Central Campus Adjunct Economics Instructors
1988-1989 Economics Mentor for new hire, Pete Terrebonne
1988-1989 Chairman of the Economics Textbook Review Committee
1988-1989 Faculty Senate Representative and Recording Secretary for Central Campus Senate
1988-1989 Faculty Senate Representative and Recording Secretary for Central Campus Senate
1988 Submitted winning entry for renaming College’s student newspaper, The DeKalb Collegian
1987 Search Committee for Economics Instructor
1983-1987 Learning Resources Advisory Council
1986-1987 Campus Review Committee for Learning Resources Personnel Selection
1985-1986 Campus Review Committee for Academic Appointment Representative
1985 Faculty Senate Representative
1982-1986 Faculty Advisor, DeKalb College Open Door
1984-1985 Faculty Senate Alternate
1982-1983 Faculty Advisory Council Representative
1980-1983 Faculty Advisor, Phi Beta Lambda Business Club
1981-1982 Faculty Advisory Council Alternate
Service to the Community
2010-2011 Newsletter editor, Huntington Condominium Unit Owners’ Association
2006-2007, 2008-2010 Landscape Chair, Huntington Condominium Unit Owners’ Association
2005-2006 Treasurer, Huntington Condominium Unit Owners’ Association
2005 Spoke to PALS on the subject of the Five Sector Political Spectrum as a member of the College’s Speakers Program
2003 “Considering the Minimum Wage Law” presented to Dunwoody Perimeter Adult Learning and Services
1998-2002 President, Glen Oaks Garden and Landscape Association
2000 “The Effects of the Minimum Wage Law” presented to Roswell Methodist Church
1999 “The Five Sector Political Spectrum” presented to the Norcross Lions Club
1999 Donated trees to Glen Oaks Landscape Association
1999 Donated computer equipment to Project Reboot
1998-1999 Advisor to Center for Common Sense Economics of the J. D. Aiken Co. Inc.
1998-1999 March Of Dimes volunteer
1999-2007 United Way payroll deduction participant
1995-2005 Donated clothing, furniture, and household goods to Gwinnett charities
2005-2013 Donated clothing, furniture, and household goods to DeKalb charities
1998 Participated in Gwinnett SGA’s Relay For Life team
1997 Presented “The Five Sector Political Spectrum” to local civics group
1996-1997 Newsletter Editor, Atlanta Singles Running Organization
1995-1996 Membership Coordinator, Atlanta Singles Running Organization
1993 Volunteer worker, Habitat for Humanity, Gwinnett County
1991-1992 Member, Amnesty International
1991 Interviewer, People to People High School Student Ambassador Program
1989-1991 President, two terms, Royal Towne Park Homeowners’ Association
1990-1991 Member, Nature Conservancy
1989-1990 Advisor to Cedar Grove High School Class of 1992
1988 Sponsor of forum for Public Service Commission candidates
1983-1987 Tutor/Liaison for hearing impaired student studying for credit at Alfred State University in Alfred, NY; student completed Associate’s Degree
1984 Sponsor of forum for Presidential candidates’ representatives
1982-1984 Treasurer, two terms, Royal Towne Park Homeowners’ Association
- Publications
“The Fifty State Solution”, LewRockwell.com, August 20, 2016
“Should the Minimum Wage be Raised? Experts Pick Sides”, WalletHub.com, August 10, 2016
“Tax Consumers, Taxpayers, and the Cox Box” Mises Daily, Mises.org, February 14, 2014.
eBook, Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage, LFB.org, 2013
“Minimum Wage Hike Would Destroy San Jose Jobs”, San Jose Mercury News, November 5, 2012 (with John Roeder).eBook, The Concise Guide to Economics, LFB.org, September 2012
The Haiku Economist, 101 Poems Economic Principles Economically Explained, Advocates for Self-Government, October 2012
Peer Reviewer for “A Trillion Little Subsidies?” for the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, June 2012
Peer Reviewer for “Who Pays The Tax?” for the Mercatus Center of George Mason University, March 2012
Peer Reviewer for John Papola’s introduction to F. A. Hayek’s A Tiger by the Tail, March 2012
“If Only the Republican Had Won in 2008”, LewRockwell.com, September 2011
“This is What is Wrong with the PSC (Well, One of the Things)” PSCWatch.com, September 2011
“Republican Party Dream Candidate” with James W. Harris, LewRockwell.com, August 27, 2011
“95 Electricity Providers in Georgia (All legally created as territorial monopolies)” PSCWatch.com, June 2011
“Utilities Monopolies and X-Inefficiency” PSCWatch.com, April 2011
“Georgia Power Has Too Many Revenue Guarantees” PSCWatch.com, November 2010
“Man Made Global Warming Quiz” LewRockwell.com, August 11, 2010
Ytimekas opas talouteen, Lumo Publishing, 2009 (Finnish translation of The Concise Guide to Economics)
“Recession Produces a Plethora of Poetry” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, December 6, 2009
“Economic Logic” Test Bank for Mark Skousen’s text, Economic Logic, Skousen Publishing, 2008
“Iraq is Not Vietnam, Part IV” LewRockwell.com, March 11, 2008
“An Open Letter to Neal Boortz Listeners,” LewRockwell.com, January 30, 2008
The Concise Guide to Economics, Ludwig von Mises Institute, July 2007
“The George W. Bush ‘What Me Worry?’ Quiz, Part II” LewRockwell.com, April 2, 2007
“Iraq is Not Vietnam, Part III” LewRockwell.com, February 17, 2007
“Point/Counterpoint” on the Minimum Wage, Atlanta Life Magazine, October 2006
“Exactly What is So Appealing About the Fair Tax?” LP News, May 2006
“Harry Browne, One of My Very Favorite Political Thinkers” Advocates for Self-Government, March 2006
“The George W. Bush ‘What Me Worry?’ Quiz” LewRockwell.com, February 28, 2006
“Iraq is Not Vietnam, Part II” LewRockwell.com, January 31, 2006
“What’s Offensive in the Boortz FairTax Book” LewRockwell.com, November 10, 2005
“And Now to Say Something Good About the Boortz FairTax Book” LewRockwell.com, November 4, 2005
“The Crackpot FairTax Trade, I’m Calling You Out, Neal Boortz” LewRockwell.com, August 30, 2005
“You, Too, Can Be a Tax Collector for the Welfare State” review of The FairTax Book, Amazon.com, August, 2005
“Iraq is Not Vietnam” LewRockwell.com, July 15, 2005
“The Super Macho Patriot Brigade” LewRockwell.com, March 3, 2005
“Contra the Fair Tax” Out2News, December 20, 2004
“To be Rush Limbaugh…” Out2News, December 13, 2004
“My Favorite Web Sites” Atlanta Journal and Constitution, May 16, 2004
Minimum Wage, Maximum Damage, Advocates for Self-Government, May 2004
“Iraq Quiz” LewRockwell.com, April 15, 2004
“The Fair Tax”, LP News, October 2003
“Is it Really a Fair Tax?” Opposing Viewpoints on Business, Government and Politics, The Gwinnett Business Journal, September 2003
Reflections, “Blame Russia First” Liberty, January 2003
“The Economic Solution to the Drought,” Viewpoint, The Gwinnett Citizen, May 16, 2002
“How to Increase Unemployment: the Minimum Wage” Virginia Viewpoint, Virginia Institute for Public Policy, December 2001
“Put the Constitution Right on the Dollar”, Houston Chronicle, November 19, 2001
“History Shows Gas is a Bargain,” In My Opinion, Atlanta Journal, May 18, 2001
“The No Flag Option” Soapbox, Creative Loafing, January 5, 2001
“In Defense of the Electoral College” GeorgiaPolitics.com, November 12, 2000, and The Collegian, December 7, 2000
“Economic Logic” Test Bank for Mark Skousen’s text, Skousen Publishing, 2000
“In Defense of the Electoral College, The Collegian, December 2000
“The Liberty Dollar Bill Proposal” GeorgiaPolitics.com, August 6, 1999
“The Right Argument Against the Minimum Wage Law” GeorgiaPolitics.com, March 19, 1999
“(Some of) Bill Clinton’s Other Unimpeachable Offenses” GeorgiaPolitics.com, February 15, 1999
“Y2K Bug’s Bite Could Be Felt Prior to Start of New Century” Atlanta Business Chronicle, February 12 – 18, 1999
“An Economist’s Plea to Clinton: Pretty Please, Sir, Don’t Resign,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, September 18-24, 1998
“Hollow Compassion,” Creative Loafing, December 27, 1997
“When Politicians Talk About Trading Taxes, It’s Time to Bolt,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, December 5 – 11, 1997
The Concise Guide to Economics, 2nd Edition, Savannah-Pikeville Press, 1997
“The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage Is, It Doesn’t Work,” Gwinnett Daily Post, Saturday, June 1, 1996
Arguing the Minimum Wage Law, Savannah-Pikeville Press, 1996
“Minimum Wage a Government-Inflicted Wrong,” Atlanta Business Chronicle, December 8 – 14, 1995
The Concise Guide to Economics, Savannah-Pikeville Press, 1995
“Illustrating the Positive Rate of Time Preference,” “Illustrating Equilibrium,” “Worn Currency and Gresham’s Law,” “Price Discrimination: Movie Admissions versus Movie Concessions,” “Anti-Advertisers… Advertise,” “Demand Pull, Cost Push,” “The Art of Economics,” “The Importance of Money and Prices with a Brief History of the Calculation Debate” and “Robinson Crusoe, Keynes and the Classicals,” in Great Ideas for Teaching Economics, 6th edition, Byrns and Stone ed., Harper and Collins, 1995
“The Unforeseen Consequences of Increasing the Minimum Wage,” Georgia Public Policy Foundation Op-Ed Page article for statewide newspaper distribution, February, 1995
“Celebrating Private Property Based Production Day,” Georgia Public Policy Foundation Op-Ed Page article for statewide newspaper distribution, November 1993
“Clinton Was Right on Vietnam,” Creative Loafing Soapbox, July 10, 1993
“Raising Money the No Risk Way,” APC News, Volume 4, Number 1, March, 1993
“Efforts to Prevent ‘Price-Gouging’ Would Not Help Hurricane’s Victims,” The Atlanta Journal, Wednesday, September 2, 1992
“The Importance of Money and Prices with a Brief History of the Calculation Debate” and “Robinson Crusoe, Keynes and the Classicals,” in Great Ideas for Teaching Economics, 5th edition, Byrns and Stone ed., Harper and Collins, 1992
“Federal Government’s Spending Habits Contradict Mr. Keynes,” The Margin, Vol. 6, No. 3, January/February 1991
“Winning the Presidency by Coming in Third,” Gwinnett Home Weekly, Summer 1992
[Tax Increase] “No Cure For Budget Deficit,” Gwinnett Daily News, Tuesday, July 17, 1990
“Rx for Hugo Relief: Price Gouging,” The Margin, Vol. 4, No. 3, November/December 1989, co-authored with DeKalb student, Dawn Webber
“Inflation Not Caused by Full Employment,” Institute for Humane Studies Op-Ed Page article for nationwide newspaper distribution, June 1989
“The Ugly Truth About the Minimum Wage Law,” Institute for Humane Studies Op-Ed Page article for nationwide newspaper distribution, May 1989, co-authored with DeKalb student, Dawn Webber
“How the US Contributes to Its Own Trade Deficit,” DeKalb College Chronicle, Winter/Spring 1989
“The Inside Trader as Hero,” Institute for Humane Studies Op-Ed Page article for nationwide newspaper distribution, December 1988
“Hike in Minimum Wage Viewed as Destructive,” Business Monday, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, July 18, 1988
“How the US Contributes to Its Own Trade Deficit,” Institute for Humane Studies Op Ed Page article for nationwide newspaper distribution, May 1988
“Trade Deficits Aren’t Always Bad,” DeKalb College Chronicle, Winter/Spring 1988
“Privatization Would Benefit Georgia,” Business Monday, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, September 28, 1987
“Close Look at the Nature of a Trade Deficit Shows it Really Isn’t So Bad,” Business Monday, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, June 29, 1987
” ‘Free’ Cheese!,” DeKalb College Open Door, May 4, 1982