James M. Buchanan
By: John Meadowcraft
Series: Major conservative and libertarian thinkers -- v. 17
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780826430809
Subjects: Biography; Political aspects; Economists; Economics
Description: "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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-170) and index.