{"product_id":"politics-as-public-choice-9780865972384","title":"Politics as Public Choice","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a collection of thirty-four essays and shorter works by James M. Buchanan that represent the brilliance of his founding work on public-choice theory.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe work of James M. Buchanan is perhaps most often associated with his helping to found public-choice theory. Buchanan's book-length works such as \u003cem\u003eThe Calculus of Consent\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eThe Reason of Rules\u003c\/em\u003e (Volumes 3 and 10, respectively, in Liberty Fund's \u003cem\u003eThe Collected Works of James M. Buchanan\u003c\/em\u003e) are best known for their brilliant application of market behavioral models to government. But Buchanan's shorter works represented here all show originality and insight as well as clear articulation of important theoretical principles. What's more, these essays have all had a significant impact on the subsequent literature about public choice.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this volume, the works are broken down into these major categorical groupings: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Approach\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Choice and Its Critics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoters\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eVoting Models\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eRent Seeking\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eRegulation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublic Choice and Public Expenditures\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs Robert D. Tollison concludes his foreword to this volume, \"Read in conjunction with the other parts of the 'Collected Works, ' these papers offer the reader a fuller appreciation of the public-choice revolution and its impact and prospects.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames M. Buchanan\u003c\/strong\u003e (1919-2013) was an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and was considered one of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50914112373010,"sku":"9780865972384","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_951bc539-7630-4956-b444-1dfeb7625d2b.jpg?v=1738805727","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/politics-as-public-choice-9780865972384","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}