Government Failure - Gordon Tullock torrent

This book provides a much-needed introduction to public choice thought and public policy by three acknowledged leaders in the field.

Contents:

PART I: THE THEORY OF PUBLIC CHOICE
1. People Are People: The Elements of Public Choice
2. Voting Paradoxes
3. Logrolling
4. The Cost of Rent Seeking
5. Bureaucracy
6. Tax ‘‘Avoision’’
7. Federalism

PART II: AMERICAN APPLICATIONS
8. Protection in International Trade
9. Internet Governance
10. Applying Public Choice to Telecommunications
11. Applying Public Choice to Environmental Policy

PART III: PUBLIC CHOICE IN BRITAIN
12. Public Choice or Political Sovereignty?
13. Government Intentions and Consequences
14. Overdependence on the Welfare State
15. The Weakening of the Family
16. Voters versus Consumers
17. The Political Fate of Economic Federalism
18. The Escapes from Overgovernment: Political Power Yields to Economic Law


About the author:
Gordon Tullock is a professor of law and economics at George Mason University and has over 300 published works to his credit. A founder of the public choice theory of economics, Tullock resides in Virginia.Arthur Seldon is a founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. Gordon L. Brady is a senior research scholar at the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title