Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of James M. Buchanan

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Published by Bloomsbury Publishing in Economy, Polity, and Society

James M. Buchanan won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986 and was a pioneer of public choice and constitutional political economy and contributed to many fields of study, including philosophy, political science, and public finance.

Each chapter in this volume seeks to explore, critique, and emphasize the continuing relevance of the vast contributions of Buchanan to our understanding of political economy and social philosophy. The diversity in topics and approaches will make the volume of interest to readers in a variety of fields, and accessible to scholars from a variety of backgrounds providing the opportunity to further a cross-disciplinary exploration and discussion on market process theory.

Contents

Introduction
Paul Dragos Aligica, Christopher J. Coyne, Stefanie Haeffele

Chapter 1: Rawls, Buchanan, and the Search for a Better Social Contract
Brian Kogelmann

Chapter 2: Horses & Carts and Justice & Rules: Getting the Order Right
Ben Johnson

Chapter 3: The Problem of Rule-Following in American Political Thought
Connor M. Ewing

Chapter 4: Longer Term Lengths? Political Capital Accrual and Monitoring
Mackenzie Endress

Chapter 5: James M. Buchanan on Scientific Politics
Darren Nah

Chapter 6: Artifactual Beings, Artifactual Institutions
Paul Baumgardner

Chapter 7: Buchanan and Arrow on Democracy, Impossibility, and Market
Brian Kogelmann

Chapter 8: Exchange, Search Theory, and Buchanan’s Foundations of Politics
Brian C. Albrecht

Chapter 9: State Leviathan and Tax Competition Under a Federal Constitution
Thomas Choate

Chapter 10: Public Choice and the Study of Autocratic Survival
George Derpanopoulos

Chapter 11: Potential Contributions from Sociology to James Buchanan’s Theoretical Agenda for Economics
Adam Bleser