'David Levy and Sandra Peart are reputed for writing this kind of book. One always learn a lot by reading their work. This one is no exception … a major achievement …' Alain Marciano, The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
1. Why the Virginia School of Political Economy matters; 2. James Buchanan and the return to an economics of natural equals; 3. 'Almost wholly negative': an early reaction to the Virginia School; 4. 'The economics of Universal Education' and after: from Friedman to Rawls; 5. Virginia political economy and public choice economics; 6. The individuals and their connections; 7. The role of the Earhart Foundation in the Early Virginia School; 8. The early Virginia School and the anti-democratic right; 9. Neoliberalism, the Virginia School, and the Geldard Report; 10. Conclusion: should the Virginia School be restored?