Protecting Individual Rights Through a Federal System: James Buchanan's View of Federalism

G. Patrick Lynch

Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 2004, vol. 34, issue 4, 153-168

Abstract: James Buchanan is a Nobel Prize winning economist and the founder of the public choice movement in economics. Public Choice played a critical role in underpinning conservative attacks on the welfare state in the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. As a committed supporter of free markets and strong skeptic of large governments, Buchanan has long supported the use of federalism to protect individual liberty, promote democratic efficiency, and help foster community values. This article reviews Buchanan's research on the advantages of a federal system. Copyright 2004, Oxford University Press.

Date: 2004
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