Microeconomic Policy

David Reisman

Chapter 15 in James Buchanan, 2015, pp 212-230 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Buchanan is a proceduralist and a democrat. He is adamant that his principal contribution is to the theory of just and orderly processes. He denies that his insights and schemata are an endorsement of any specific ideology or social system: ‘I do not offer a description of the “good society”, even on my own terms’ (CW VII, 210). It is always the journey. It is never the destination: ‘What emerges from a process is what emerges and nothing more’ (CW X, 51). Outcomes are non est disputandum.

Keywords: Public Choice; Affirmative Action; Market Failure; Constitutional Order; Median Citizen (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137427182_15

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