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The Economic Foundations of Government

  • ISBN-13: 9780814735060
  • Publisher: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
  • By Randall G. Holcombe
  • Price: AUD $193.00
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  • Local release date: 01/10/1993
  • Format: Hardback (229.00mm X 152.00mm) 273 pages Weight: 522g
  • Categories: Political economy [KCP]
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This welcome work argues that government is the result of a contract arrived at by individuals with varying bargaining power. Holcombe explores such issues as why the political system protects individual's rights, why individuals agree to political institutions that give their governments extensive power, and why even the most powerful government benefits from constitutional rules which constrain its power. He arrives at a theory of rights, constitutions, and government that does not rely, as economists have traditionally done, on value judgments. Very much at the cutting edge of economic thinking, this book will interest undergraduates and professionals in the fields of economics, political science, and government.
Randall G. Holcombe is Professor of Economics at Florida State University. He received his Ph.D in Economics from Virginia Polytechnic Institute, and has taught economics at Texas A & M University and at Auburn University. He is the author of Public Finance and the Political Process, An Economic Analysis of Democracy, Public Sector Economics , and Economic Models and Methodology.
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