John Sophocleus

John Peter Sophocleus is an American economist and libertarian political activist.
Career in economics
Sophocleus has taught economics at Clemson University, Auburn University, and Auburn University Montgomery. He has been twice nominated to the Who's Who Among American Teachers. He is an adjunct faculty member of the Mises Institute and occasionally lectures there, usually on United States tariff history. Sophocleus generally teaches the principles of microeconomics.
His 1988 article "The Social Cost of Rent-seeking" with David Laband, published in Public Choice, has been cited by Peter Leeson, Gordon Tullock and others.
Political efforts
In 1996, he was the Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Alabama's 3rd congressional district, opposing Republican Bob Riley.
In 2002, Sophocleus entered the Alabama gubernatorial race on the Libertarian Party of Alabama's ticket against...