William McEachern is Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut. Since 1973 he has taught principles of economics and in 1980 developed a series of annual workshops for teaching assistants. He has given teaching workshops around the country and is the author of Economics: A Contemporary Introduction, best-selling principles of economics textbook. Professor McEachern earned an undergraduate degree cum laude in the honors program from Holy Cross College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. He has authored several books and monographs in public finance, public policy, and industrial organization. His research has appeared in edited volumes as well as journals such as Economic Inquiry, National Tax Journal, Southern Economic Journal, Journal of Industrial Economics, Kyklos, Quarterly Review of Economics and Business, Challenge, and Public Choice.