Public Choice Analysis in Historical Perspective

ISBN-13: 9780521599764 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 246 str.

Alan Peacock

Opis

Alan Peacock poses the question of whether the history of economic thought is an essential part of the training of scholars concerned with the study of public finance. He contends that the perspective gained by studying the origins of public choice analysis can offer an important stimulus to scientific progress. His first lecture, The demand for historical perspective, traces the decrease in demand for historical perspective. His second lecture, Public choice and the analysis of public sector growth, criticizes those theories of growth in government expenditure that ignore the political process. In his third lecture, The economic consequences of public sector growth, he extends the conventional contemporary model of bureaucracy. A final lecture, The calculus of consent and limits on government expenditure growth, considers the work of Knut Wicksell and Amilcare Puviani when seeking to explain ways of limiting public sector growth.

Recenzje

'This splendid book … should be a prized possession for all serious scholars of public choice and should find its way onto the shelves of all major libraries. It represents a virtuoso performance by a major scholar, full of original insights and rich in relevant ideas and citations from the past … exceptionally well written.' Professor Charles Rowley, Public Choice

Spis treści

Preface; 1. The demand for historical perspective; 2. Public choice and the analysis of public sector growth; 3. The economic consequences of public sector growth; 4. The calculus of consent and limits on government expenditure growth; Commentaries.