{"product_id":"9780865975347","title":"The Economics of Politics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economics of Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the fourth volume in Liberty Fund’s \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Selected Works of Gordon Tullock\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. This volume includes some of Gordon Tullock’s most noteworthy contributions to the theory and application of public choice, which is a relatively new science that links economics and political action. This volume combines the best parts of two of his books, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Wants: Public Means\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn Voting\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as his famous monograph \u003ci\u003eThe Vote Motive\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe common thread of \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economics of Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is the importance of the bond between \u003ci\u003eHomo politicus\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eHomo economicus\u003c\/i\u003e: they are the same species, each driven largely by self-interest in vigorous pursuit of such personal objectives as wealth, power, prestige, and income security within the confines of society. \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Economics of Politics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e covers such diverse public choice topics as: the nature and origins of public choice, the power of using economic analysis to understand and predict the behavior of politically influenced markets, and an evaluation of voting rules and political institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqually confident in both the normative and the positive branches of the discipline, and well-versed in the wide variety of institutions and practices of democracy throughout history, Tullock takes the reader on a journey that goes well beyond the conventional horizon of public choice. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles K. Rowley\u003c\/b\u003e is Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy at George Mason University. He is also General Director of the Locke Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe entire series includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume 1: \u003ci\u003eVirginia Political Economy\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVolume 2: \u003ci\u003eThe Calculus of Consent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eVolume 3: \u003ci\u003eThe Organization of Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e (November 2004) \u003cbr\u003eVolume 4: \u003ci\u003eThe Economics of Politics\u003c\/i\u003e (February 2005) \u003cbr\u003eVolume 5: \u003ci\u003eThe Rent-Seeking Society\u003c\/i\u003e (March 2005) \u003cbr\u003eVolume 6: \u003ci\u003eBureaucracy\u003c\/i\u003e (June 2005)\u003cbr\u003e Volume 7: \u003ci\u003eThe Economics and Politics of Wealth Redistribution\u003c\/i\u003e (July 2005)\u003cbr\u003e Volume 8: \u003ci\u003eThe Social Dilemma: Of Autocracy, Revolution, Coup d'Etat, and War\u003c\/i\u003e (December 2005)\u003cbr\u003e Volume 9: \u003ci\u003eLaw and Economics\u003c\/i\u003e (December 2005)\u003cbr\u003e Volume 10: \u003ci\u003eEconomics without Frontiers\u003c\/i\u003e (January 2006)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022294335728,"sku":"9780865975347","price":14.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865975347_p0.jpg?v=1763838584","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865975347","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}