James M. Buchanan Knihy

Autor, James M. Buchanan, profesor ekonomie na George Mason University a zakladatel Centra pro studium veřejné volby, získal mezinárodní uznání a Nobelovu cenu za ekonomii za svou průkopnickou práci v oblasti teorie veřejné volby. Tato kniha je považována za jeho největší přínos teorii veřejné ekonomie. Význam zkoumání teorie veřejné volby roste, protože více než třetina produkce v tržně orientovaných ekonomikách je určena pro společenskou spotřebu. V době vzniku textu se studia veřejných financí soustředila na vliv státního sektoru na chování jednotlivců a firem. Buchanan však otevřel novou oblast zkoumáním vlivu těchto institucí na politické chování jednotlivců v demokratickém systému. Aplikoval standardní ekonomické teorie na modelování politického chování, včetně rozhodování o daních a veřejných výdajích. Témata jako rozdělování finančních prostředků, zdanění, státní dluh a nevyrovnané rozpočty jsou klíčová pro porozumění fungování veřejného sektoru. Kniha významně obohacuje odbornou ekonomickou literaturu v českém kontextu a stane se cenným přínosem pro odborníky, studenty, představitele státní správy a širokou veřejnost, kteří chtějí lépe porozumět veřejnému sektoru.

Politika očima ekonoma je výběr několika významných statí Jamese Buchanana: The Limits of Liberty vydané The University of Chicago roku 1975, Cost and Choice vydané The Markham Publishing Company roku 1969 a článku Positive Economics, Welfare Economics, and Political Economy z roku 1959. Tyto práce představují zřejmě jeho nejvýznamnější příspěvky k teorii veřejné volby.

A collection of 35 journal and book articles previously published 1960-1997. Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume presents a representative sampling of James M. Buchanans lengthy foreword highlights some of the major philosophical currents with which Buchanan is engaged in the papers collected in this volume. His introduction to these philosophies provides an excellent grounding for economists and all readers who may not be familiar with the philosophical and fundamental issues Buchanan undertakes. James M. Buchanan is an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and is considered one of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century. The entire series will include: Volume 1: The Logical Foundations of Constitutional Liberty Volume 2: Public Principles of Public Debt Volume 3: The Calculus of Consent Volume 4: Public Finance in Democratic Process Volume 5: The Demand and Supply of Public Goods Volume 6: Cost and Choice Volume 7: The Limits of Liberty Volume 8: Democracy in Deficit Volume 9: The Power to Tax Volume 10: The Reason of Rules Volume 11: Politics by Principle, Not Interest Volume 12: Economic Inquiry and Its Logic Volume 13: Politics as Public Choice Volume 14: Debt and Taxes Volume 15: Externalities and Public Expenditure Theory Volume 16: Choice, Contract, and Constitutions Volume 17: Moral Science and Moral Order Volume 18: Federalism, Liberty, and the Law Volume 19: Ideas, Persons, and Events Volume 20: Indexes

"As he usually does, Professor Buchanan has produced an interesting and provocative piece of work. [ Cost and Choice ] starts off as an essay in the history of cost theory; the central ideas of the book are traced to Davenport and Knight in the United States, and to a series of distinguished writers associated at various times with the London School of Economics. The author emerges from this discussion with what can be described as the ultimate in subjectivist cost doctrines. . . . Economists should learn the lessons offered to us in this little book—and learn them well. It can save them from serious errors."—William J. Baumol, Journal of Economic Literature

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 Collected Works. The editors have focused on papers that Buchanan has written without collaboration and which present Buchanan's earlier, classic statements on crucial subjects rather than his subsequent elaborations which appear in later volumes in the series. Included, too, is Buchanan's Nobel address, "The Constitution of Economic Policy," and the text of the Nobel Committee's press release explaining why Buchanan was awarded the prize for Economics in 1986. The volume also includes Buchanan's autobiographical essay, "Better Than Plowing," in which he gives not only a brief account of his life, but also his own assessment of what is important, distinctive, and enduring in his work. The foreword by the three series editors will be valuable to all readers who wish to engage the challenging but epochal writings of the father of modern public choice theory. --

James M. Buchanan, a Nobel laureate and key figure in public choice theory, significantly influenced the intersection of economics and politics. An innovative academic, he established research centers and graduate programs throughout his career, notably at George Mason University. Following his death in 2013, his contributions were preserved in the James M. Buchanan Papers, a formal archive that highlights his impact on social science and his enduring intellectual legacy.

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As diverse as the papers presented in this volume may seem at first glance, all of them touch on two characteristic themes of James Buchanan's work: the respect for individual sovereignty and the threat of monopoly power on the rights of the individual. In his foreword, Hartmut Kliemt says, "As opposed to more extreme and more utopian libertarians, [Buchanan] well understands that in our world it takes a state to defend the individual from the state. Buchanan, therefore, is not an anarchist but, rather, what may be called a 'reluctant anarchist' who accepts both that the state is the greatest threat to individual sovereignty and that without some statelike monopoly, individual sovereignty cannot be protected." The twenty-six essays included in Federalism, Liberty, and the Law are grouped into these categories: The Analytics of Federalism Federalism and Freedom Liberty, Man, and the State The Constitution of Markets Economists, Efficiency, and the Law Law, Money, and Crime The central issue that unites the pieces in this volume is monopoly power and its control. As a libertarian, Buchanan sees government as the greatest threat--and also the greatest protector--of individual liberties. James M. Buchanan (1919-2013) was an eminent economist who won the Alfred Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986 and was considered one of the greatest scholars of liberty in the twentieth century.