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Towards an economics of natural equals
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- Book Synopsis
- The Virginia School's economics of natural equals makes consent critical for policy. Democracy is understood as government by discussion, not majority rule. The claim of efficiency unsupported by consent, as common in orthodox economics, appeals to social hierarchy. Politics becomes an act of exchange among equals where the economist is only entitled to offer advice to citizens, not to dictators. The foundation of natural equality and consent explains the common themes of James Buchanan and John Rawls as well as Ronald Coase and the Fabian socialists. What orthodox economics treats as efficient racial discrimination violates the fair chance entitlement to which people consent in a market economy. The importance of replication stressed by Gordon Tullock, developing themes from Karl Popper, is another expression of natural equality since the foresight of replication induces care into research. The publication of previously unpublished correspondence and documentation allows the reader to judge recent controversy.
- About The Author
- David M. Levy is Professor of Economics at the Center for the Study of Public Choice at George Mason University, Virginia. He has published four scholarly books and over ninety journal articles. His most recent book with Sandra J. Peart, Escape from Democracy: The Role of Experts and the Public in Economic Policy (Cambridge, 2016), applies analytical egalitarianism to expert economists.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781108428972
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, (02 January 2020)
- Number of Pages
- 308
- Weight
- 610 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 235 x 156 x 20 mm
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