The Economics of Politics
15 November 1978
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Economic Theory
An analysis of the misuse of economic theory for political profiteering
20 April 1978
Research
With a Prologue by Charles K. Rowley and an Epilogue by John Burton
1 December 1978
Trade, Development, and Immigration
4 November 2024
Introduction to public choice theory
People should be treated as rational utility-maximisers in all their behaviour. This central insight leads to the conclusion that institutions must be designed so that individual behaviour will further the interests of the group, small or large, local or national.
The economic theory of politics represents a rediscovery and elaboration of a part of the conventional wisdom of the 18th and 19th centuries, notably that which informed classical political economy.
IEA Readings 18
The economic theory of politics represents a rediscovery and elaboration of a part of the conventional wisdom of the 18th and 19th centuries, notably that which informed classical political economy.
IEA Readings 18
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