Public Finance and Public Choice: Two Contrasting Visions of the State

by Richard Abel Musgrave and James M. Buchanan

Book Overview

In this volume, based on a week-long symposium at the University of Munich's Center for Economic Studies, two leading scholars of governmental economics debate their divergent perspectives on the role of government and its fiscal functions. James M. Buchanan, who was influential in developing the research program in public choice, concentrates on the imperfections of the political process and stresses the need for rules to restrain governmental...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262024624
• ISBN13: 9780262024624
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Mit Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher