Public Choice at the Little Bighorn

James McClure and Norman Van Cott ()
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Norman Van Cott: Department of Economics, Ball State University

No 199301, Working Papers from Ball State University, Department of Economics

Abstract: History professors have long portrayed Custer’s stand at the Little Bighorn River in terms of the managerial quirks and personality flaws of the central characters. The discussion in Evan Connell’s (1984) book, Son of the Morning Star, illuminates the Last Stand in terms of economic incentives. In this paper we argue that Custer’s legendary Last Stand offers economics instructors with an extraordinary opportunity to pique students’ interest in the public choice paradigm.

Keywords: Custer’s Last Stand; Public Choice Analysis; Economic Incentives (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 3 pages
Date: 1993-01, Revised 1994-01
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Published in Journal of Economic Education 25 no. 2 (1995): 135-36.

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