Greed, Chaos, and Governance: Using Public Choice to Improve Public Law

by Jerry L. Mashaw

Book Overview

Public choice theory should be taken seriously--but not too seriously. In this thought-provoking book, Jerry Mashaw stakes out a middle ground between those who champion public choice theory (the application of the conventional methodology of economics to political science matters, also known as rational choice theory) and those who disparage it. He argues that in many cases public choice theory's reach has exceeded its grasp. In others, public choice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300078706
• ISBN13: 9780300078701
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 241 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"