The Production and Diffusion of Public Choice Political Economy: Reflections on the VPI Center /

A special issue on the production and diffusion of public choice political economy is presented. Topics discussed involve the importance of deviance in intellectual development; public choice and deviance; public choice as an academic enterprise that originated at the University of Virginia; a retr...

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Published in:American Journal of Economics & Sociology Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 1 - 272
Main Authors: Pitt, Joseph C., Salehi-Isfahani, Djavad, Eckel, Douglas
Format: Symposium
Published: Wiley-Blackwell January 2004
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Summary:A special issue on the production and diffusion of public choice political economy is presented. Topics discussed involve the importance of deviance in intellectual development; public choice and deviance; public choice as an academic enterprise that originated at the University of Virginia; a retrospective view of public choice as an academic enterprise; whether the public choice approach can shed light on its development in the social sciences; the quest for meaning in public choice; a model of scientific progress and lessons for institutional design; a philosopher's encounter with public choice; what philosophy and public choice should not learn from each other; and prudence and constitutional rights. An introduction and conclusion to the special issue are also provided.