This volume presents a collection of Buchanan's most representative
works in economic method and analysis. As Robert D Tollison points
out in his foreword, "(Included) in this volume are some of
(Buchanan's) most often cited works on methodology, including
papers reflecting his emphasis on the subjective nature of
opportunity costs and the implications of this subjectivity for
economic analysis." The works collected in this volume also
demonstrate Buchanan's interest throughout his career in the ideas
and issues posed by economic theory. Buchanan shows throughout this
volume that he believes economic theory can help explain the world
around us. Spanning nearly his entire fifty-year career, Buchanan's
writings in this volume exhibit a consistency of thought and belief
as ideas recur from paper to paper, ever richer and more
resonant.The thirty-six works represented here are grouped into the
major categories: the practice and method of economic theory;
competition and entrepreneurship; the theory of monopoly; input
prices; opportunity cost and efficient prices; increasing returns
and the work ethic; economic theory in a post-Socialist
world.Clearly, these papers as a whole reflect a broad range of
issues and provide us with countless insights. More than this, they
give us a picture of the theorist in his workshop. They acquaint us
with what interests him and how he deals with important issues. In
his conclusion to the opening essay, 'Is Economics the Science of
Choice?' Buchanan typifies the richness of thought available
throughout this volume: "Modern economics, as practiced by
professional scholars, embodies confusions that are fundamentally
methodological. For myself, I advance no claim that my own thinking
has yet fully rid itself of the paradigms of neoclassical
orthodoxy."
General
Imprint: |
Liberty Fund
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
October 2000 |
First published: |
October 2000 |
Authors: |
James Buchanan
|
Dimensions: |
155 x 230 x 41mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
502 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-86597-235-3 |
Categories: |
Books >
Business & Economics >
Economics >
General
|
LSN: |
0-86597-235-4 |
Barcode: |
9780865972353 |
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