Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers [electronic resource] : the economic engine of political change / Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. L�opez.
Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.Description: xiv, 209 p. : illISBN:- 9780804780971 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0804780978
- 9780804783965 (e-book)
- 320.6 23
- JF1525.P6 L45 2013eb
eBooks
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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.