The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy Buchanan James M.
The Calculus of Consent was co-authored by Buchanan with Gordon Tullock, with whom Buchanan collaborated on many books and academic enterprises throughout their careers. As Robert D. Tollison states…
Specifikacia The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy Buchanan James M.
The Calculus of Consent was co-authored by Buchanan with Gordon Tullock, with whom Buchanan collaborated on many books and academic enterprises throughout their careers. As Robert D. Tollison states in the foreword, " this book] is a radical departure from the way democracies conduct their business. The Calculus is already a book for the ages."This classic work analyzes the political organization of a free society through the lens of the economic organization of society. The authors acknowledge their unease as economists in analyzing the political organization, but they take the risk of forging into unfamiliar territory because they believe the benefits of their perspective will bear much fruit.As the authors state, their objective in this book is "to analyze the calculus of the rational individual when he is faced with questions of