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Zusatztext The volumes in this timely series comprise the most comprehensive body of material on conservative and libertarian thought yet published in a single project devoted to the subject. The series will prove an indispensable tool not only for those concerned with the history of political thought but also for those who confront the challenging task of constructing a viable contemporary conservative identity. Professor Meadowcroft had a difficult editorial task, to which he has responded with a judicious choice of thinkers and topics. Informationen zum Autor Dr. John Meadowcrof t is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Head of the Department of Political Economy at King's College London, UK. He is the author of The Ethics of the Market (2005) and co-author of Rescuing Social Capital from Social Democracy (2007). Vorwort This is volume 17 in the Major Conservative and Libertarian Thinkers series. Zusammenfassung James McGill Buchanan (1919 - 2013) was an American economist best known as a pioneer of public choice theory. A founder of the new Virginia school of political economy, he made extensive contributions to the theory of public finance, constitutional economics, rent-seeking, and the economic analysis of politics. Buchanan’s work offered a scientific basis for conservative and libertarian political endeavors such as a constitutional amendment to balance the federal budget. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1986. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Buchanan's Intellectual Biography \ 2. Buchanan's Ideas \ 3. The Reception and Influence of Buchanan's Work \ 4. The Continuing and Future Relevance of Buchanan's Ideas \ Bibliography \ Index
