Calculus of Consent: The Calculus of Consent v. 2 (Selected Works of Gordon Tullock): Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy - Softcover

Buchanan, James M; Tullock, Gordon; Charles Kershaw Rowle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0865975329 ISBN 13: 9780865975323

Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc, 2004

Synopsis

This is the second volume of Liberty Fund's "The Selected Works of Gordon Tullock", it is a reprint edition of the ground-breaking economic classic written by two of the world's preeminent economists -- Gordon Tullock and Nobel Laureate James M. Buchanan. This book is a unique blend of economics and political science that helped create significant new subfields in each discipline respectively, namely, the public choice school and constitutional political economy. Charles K. Rowley, Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University, points out in his introduction, "The Calculus of Consent" is, by a wide margin, the most widely cited publication of each coauthor and, by general agreement, their most important scientific contribution." The book is divided into four parts, each consisting of several chapters. The introduction by Professor Rowley provides a short overview of the book and identifies key insights that permeated the bounds of economics and political science and created an enduring nexus between the two sciences. Part I establishes the conceptual framework of the book's subject; part II defines the realm of social choice; part III applies the logic developed in part II to describe a range of decision-making rules, most notably, the rule of simple majority; while part IV explores the economics and ethics of democracy.

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About the Author

James M Buchanan is an eminent economist who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1986.

Edition details

• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865975329
• ISBN 13: 9780865975323
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 337