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Method and Morals in Constitutional Economics

Essays in Honor of James M. Buchanan

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Editors:
  1. Geoffrey Brennan

    1. Research School of Social Science, R889, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

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  2. Hartmut Kliemt

    1. Fachbereich 1, Philosophie, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität-GHS, Duisburg, Germany

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  3. Robert D. Tollison

    1. School of Business, University, University of Mississippi, USA

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  • This volume is testimony to the fecundity of Buchanan's work, one of the preeminent economists and scholars who got the nobel prize in economics in 1986
  • The papers in this volume by friends and colleagues of Buchanan show how their work and the ongoing research agenda of modern social science have been significantly impacted by the creativity and contributions of James M. Buchanan
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (39 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Buchanan and Public Choice in Historical Perspective

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Onwards and Upwards — James Buchanan at 80

      • Geoffrey Brennan
      Pages 3-22

    3. Buchanan and the Virginia School

      • Roger D. Congleton
      Pages 23-38

    4. A Young Man of Eighty

      • Hartmut Kliemt
      Pages 39-43

    5. Buchanan-as-Artist: A Retrospective

      • William Breit
      Pages 44-50

  3. Methodological Aspects of Buchanan’s Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 51-51
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    2. Science and the Social Order

      • Hans Albert
      Pages 53-65

    3. A Creative Theorist in His Workshop: James M. Buchanan as a Positive Economist

      • William F. Shughart, Robert D. Tollison
      Pages 66-77

    4. Buchanan and Shackle on Cost, Choice and Subjective Economics

      • Stephen C. Littlechild
      Pages 78-97

    5. The Art of the State, State of the Art

      • Hartmut Kliemt
      Pages 98-102

    6. Buchanan as a Conservative

      • David Reisman
      Pages 103-108

    7. Buchanan and Wiseman

      • Alan Hamlin
      Pages 109-116

    8. Notes on Buchanan on Methodological Individualism

      • Geoffrey Brennan
      Pages 117-129

  4. Constitutional Economics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
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    2. The Importance of Uncertainty in a Two-Stage Theory of Constitutions

      • Dennis C. Mueller
      Pages 133-172

    3. The Constitutional Stage Revisited

      • António S. Pinto Barbosa
      Pages 173-178

    4. Evolution and Learning in Collective Decision Making

      • Jose Casas-Pardo, Juan D. Montoro-Pons, Miguel Puchades-Navarro
      Pages 179-195

    5. Revisiting “The Nobel Lie”: An Argument for Constitutional Constraints

      • Jeff R. Clark, Dwight R. Lee
      Pages 196-212

    6. The Calculus of Dissent: Constitutional Completion and Public Goods

      • Giuseppe Eusepi
      Pages 213-236
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About this book

This Festschrift was "presented" in electronic form to Buchanan on the occasion of his eightieth birthday on October 3, 1999, after dinner in Fairfax, Virginia. As one might have expected, the response to our call for papers was vo­ luminous. In looking over the many contributions, we felt that a "published" Festschrift was also possible and fitting for the eightieth birthday of so prodi­ gious and influential a scholar as Professor Buchanan. To that end we have assembled the following volume. In selecting the papers to be included here we have basically tried to choose those papers which in some way bear on Buchanan's contributions. Perfectly good papers about issues not related to Buchanan's research agenda or not referring directly to Buchanan's work were not included. Space constraints did not allow universal coverage, so choices had to be made. It should be stated clearly that these were our choices based on the criterion that the contribution be relevant to Buchanan's work. Buchanan had nothing whatsoever to do with the selection of papers for this volume. Once choices had been made, we arranged the papers by subject matter ranging from various aspects of Buchanan's work in economics, political science, philosophy, and related areas, to some more personal recollections of Jim as a professor, friend, and colleague. Including the latter material was also our decision, and this probably represents a choice with which Jim would not have agreed. We think, however, that the reader will find these pieces interesting and informative.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Research School of Social Science, R889, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia

    Geoffrey Brennan

  • Fachbereich 1, Philosophie, Gerhard-Mercator-Universität-GHS, Duisburg, Germany

    Hartmut Kliemt

  • School of Business, University, University of Mississippi, USA

    Robert D. Tollison

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Method and Morals in Constitutional Economics

  • Book Subtitle: Essays in Honor of James M. Buchanan

  • Editors: Geoffrey Brennan, Hartmut Kliemt, Robert D. Tollison

  • Series Title: Ethical Economy

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04810-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41970-9Published: 09 October 2001

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07551-3Published: 22 December 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-04810-8Published: 09 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 2211-2707

  • Series E-ISSN: 2211-2723

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 571

  • Topics: Economic Policy, Economics, general, Political Science, Philosophy, general

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