Public Choice

by Iain McLean

Book Overview

The 1968 Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to one of the founders of public choice theory, James Buchanan, yet many people have only the vaguest idea what public choice is. The book offers and unusually clear and accessible introduction to an important subject. McLean examines the workings of public choice from two related perspectives - collective action and the aggregation of individual preferences into social consensus. The book highlights...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0631138390
• ISBN13: 9780631138396
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"