Government Failure : A Primer in Public Choice

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

Acknowledgments

vii

Introduction: About Public Choice

ix

Arthur Seldon

Part I: The Theory of Public Choice

Gordon Tullock

People Are People: The Elements of Public Choice

3

(14)

Voting Paradoxes

17

(12)

Logrolling

29

(14)

The Cost of Rent Seeking

43

(10)

Bureaucracy

53

(10)

Tax ``Avoision''

63

(8)

Federalism

71

(12)

Part II: American Applications

Gordon L. Brady

Protection in International Trade

83

(10)

Internet Governance

93

(10)

Applying Public Choice to Telecommunications

103

(14)

Applying Public Choice to Environmental Policy

117

(12)

Part III: Public Choice in Britain

Arthur Seldon

Public Choice or Political Sovereignty?

129

(8)

Government Intentions and Consequences

137

(6)

Overdependence on the Welfare State

143

(12)

The Weaking of the Family

155

(4)

Voters versus Consumers

159

(4)

The Political Fate of Economic Federalism

163

(8)

The Escapes from Overgovernment: Political Power Yields to Economic Law

171

(6)

References

177

(4)

The Authors

181

(2)

Index

183

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Government Failure : A Primer in Public Choice

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