Exploring the Political Economy and Social Philosophy of James M. Buchanan

Paul Dragos Aligica is a senior research fellow and senior fellow at the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University. Christopher J. Coyne is the F. A. Harper Professor of Economics at George Mason University and the Associate Director of the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center. Stefanie Haeffele is the Deputy Director of Academic and Student Programs and a senior fellow for the F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University.

Introduction, Paul Dragos Aligica, Christopher J. Coyne, Stefanie Haeffele / Part I – Explorations and Extensions / 1. Rawls, Buchanan, and the Search for a Better Social Contract, Brian Kogelmann / 2. Horses & Carts and Justice & Rules: Getting the Order Right, Benjamin Johnson / 3. The Problem of Rule-Following in American Political Thought, Connor Ewing / 4. Longer Term Lengths? Political Capital Accrual and Monitoring, Mackenzie Endress / 5. James M. Buchanan on Scientific Politics, Darren Nah / 6. Artifactual Beings, Artifactual Institutions, Paul Baumgardner / 7. Buchanan and Arrow on Democracy, Impossibility, and Market, Brian Kogelmann / Part II – Interdisciplinary Applications / 8. Exchange, Search Theory, and Buchanan’s Foundations of Politics, Brian C. Albrecht / 9. State Leviathan and Tax Competition Under a Federal Constitution, Thomas Choate / 10. Public Choice and the Study of Autocratic Survival, George Derpanopoulos / 11. Potential Contributions from Sociology to James Buchanan’s Theoretical Agenda for Economics, Adam Bleser / About the Authors