{"product_id":"choice-contract-and-constitutions-paperback","title":"Choice, Contract, and Constitutions - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJames M. Buchanan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConstitutional political economy is the theme of the papers collected in this volume. This entire area of contemporary economic thought is a legacy of James M. Buchanan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn outlining the importance of this volume to the contemporary study of economics and to the work of James M. Buchanan, Robert D. Tollison states in his foreword, \"Buchanan literally founded the field of constitutional political economy. . . .  His] insistence on the importance of rules was an important innovation in economics, and, over the past thirty years or so, the analytical and empirical relevance of Buchanan's constitutional perspective has become apparent.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe thirty-five papers represented in this volume are grouped into these major subject categories: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003col\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eFoundational Issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Method of Constitutional Economics\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eIncentives and Constitutional Choice\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eConstitutional Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarket Order\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistributional Issues\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiscal and Monetary Constitutions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eReform\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ol\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor Buchanan, his work in constitutional political economy is just the first step. He is concerned with inducing economists and other scholars to take the constitutional problem seriously. As they do, says Robert D. Tollison, \"the face of modern economics will be changed.\"\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\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 487\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758114210080,"sku":"9780865972445","price":18.27,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0cd96be86fae9e31ca63dec81d19a0d9.webp?v=1780118394","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/choice-contract-and-constitutions-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}