The Economics of Special Privilege and Rent Seeking

by Gordon Tullock

Book Overview

As the reader of this book probably already knows, I have devoted a great deal of time to the topic which is, rather unfortunately, named rent seeking. Rent seeking, the use of resources in actually lowering total product although benefiting some minority, is, unfortunately, a major activity of most governments. As a result of this, I have stumbled on a puzzle. The rent-seeking activity found in major societies is immense, but the industry devoted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 904815779X
• ISBN13: 9789048157792
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"