James M. Buchanan

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James McGill Buchanan (B. 1919) is an American economist best known for his public choice theory. The founder of a new Virginia school of political economy, he has written extensively on subjects including public finance, macroeconomics, and libertarian theory. <br /><br />Buchanan8217;s theory offered a basis for conservative political endeavors such as a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986.<br />

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Full title :James M. Buchanan / [edited by] John Meadowcroft.

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Publication Date:2011.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Continuum International Pub. Group
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2011.

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Description:1 online resource (xii, 176 pages)

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ISBN:9781441141484, 1441141480, 9781501301513, 1501301519, 9781441195753, 1441195750, 1623567106, 9781623567101, 1283004364, 9781283004367, 9786613004369, 6613004367
DOI:10.5040/9781501301513
oclc:ocn704901345
LC Classification:CT3990.B78
Dewey Decimal:925.0

Cover13; -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- The Referencing of Buchanan8217;s Work in this Book -- 1. Buchanan8217;s Intellectual Biography -- Introduction -- Early Years and War Years -- Chicago -- Frank Knight -- Knut Wicksell -- Knoxville, Tallahassee and the Italian Year -- Virginia Political Economy -- Charlottesville -- UCLA and 8216;academia in anarchy8217; -- Blacksburg -- Fairfax -- Nobel Prize and Beyond -- 2. Buchanan8217;s Ideas -- Introduction -- The Individualist Postulate -- The Problems of Anarchy -- Rights -- Political Agreement and Constitutional Choice: Enter the State -- Public Goods, the Productive State and Non-Unanimous Decisions -- Constitutional Democracy: Procedural not Substantive -- The Problems of Non-Contractarian Politics: Re-Entering Anarchy -- Individual preferences and 8216;democratic8217; outcomes -- Exploitation or the imposition of external costs -- Rent-seeking -- The state: the threat of Leviathan -- Constitutionalism: Solving the Problems of Politics -- A fiscal constitution -- Qualified majority decision-making -- Federalism -- Constitutional revolution -- Conclusion -- 3. The Reception and Influence of Buchanan8217;s Work -- Introduction -…

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Biographies BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & … Buchanan, James M. collective biographies Savants -- Biographies. -- États-Unis Scholars Scholars -- Biography. -- United States United States