"Public Choice" theory -- Nobel winner James Buchanan explains it all for you -- historical development, philosophical foundation, explanatory siginificance. Quotable:
The essential wisdom of the 18th century, of Adam Smith and classical political economy and of the American Founders, was lost through two centuries of intellectual folly. Public choice does little more than incorporate a rediscovery of this wisdom and its implications into economic analyses of modern politics.Posted by Greg Ransom | TrackBack