Liberty in the Works of James M. Buchanan
ABSTRACT
The purpose of this colloquium was to examine some of Buchanan’s central works on ethics, politics, and economics.
READING LIST
From Liberty Fund
Democracy in Deficit
by
By James M. Buchanan and Richard E. Wagner
Foreword by Robert D. Tollison
Democracy in Deficit is one of the early comprehensive attempts to apply the basic principles of public-choice analysis to macroeconomic theory and policy.
According to Robert D. Tollison in the foreword, “The central purpose of the book was to examine the simple precepts of Keynesian economics through the lens of…
The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty
by
By James M. Buchanan
Foreword by Geoffrey Brennan, Hartmut Kliemt, and Robert D. Tollison
The thirty-one papers presented in this volume offer scholars and general readers alike a comprehensive introduction to the work of one of the greatest economists of the modern era. Many of Buchanan’s most important essays are gathered in this inaugural volume of the twenty-volume series from Liberty Fund of his…
Additional Readings
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 7, The Limits of Liberty––Between Anarchy and Leviathan. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000.
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 18: Federalism, Liberty, and the Law. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2001.
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of James M. Buchanan, Volume 17: Moral Science and Moral Order. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2001.
Buchanan, James M. The Collected Works of J. M. Buchanan, Volume 13: Politics as Public Choice. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000.