Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers :
Leighton, Wayne A.
Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers : the economic engine of political change Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López - Stanford Stanford University Press 2013 - 209 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ideas and the rules of politics -- The never-ending quest for good government -- Economists join the battle of political ideas -- Public choice : how we get bad policies and get stuck with them, or not -- How ideas matter for political change -- Four stories of political change -- What is to be done? : assembling the wisdom
This book introduces readers to the economics of politics-particularly political change-showing how incentives matter as much in politics as they do in the rest of our lives, and illustrating how ideas ultimately determine our motivations and the outcomes that they produce.
9780804793391
Political planning--Economic aspects
Policy sciences--Economic aspects
Political entrepreneurship
Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers : the economic engine of political change Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López - Stanford Stanford University Press 2013 - 209 pages
Includes bibliographical references and index
Ideas and the rules of politics -- The never-ending quest for good government -- Economists join the battle of political ideas -- Public choice : how we get bad policies and get stuck with them, or not -- How ideas matter for political change -- Four stories of political change -- What is to be done? : assembling the wisdom
This book introduces readers to the economics of politics-particularly political change-showing how incentives matter as much in politics as they do in the rest of our lives, and illustrating how ideas ultimately determine our motivations and the outcomes that they produce.
9780804793391
Political planning--Economic aspects
Policy sciences--Economic aspects
Political entrepreneurship