Iain McLean
Public Choice: An Introduction
- ISBN 13:
- 9780631138396
- author:
- Iain McLean
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- John Wiley & Sons
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1987
- Pages:
- 232
- Dimensions:
- 22.7 x 15.3 x 0.8 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Nonfiction, Politics, General,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
Public Choice An Introduction by Iain McLean offers an accessible introduction to public choice theory. This subject is often misunderstood, despite being closely tied to the 1968 Nobel Prize for Economics. The book explores how government choices are shaped and influenced by various groups, including politicians, bureaucrats, interest groups, and ordinary citizens. It examines the paradox of collective action, where self-interest in the public domain can be counterproductive. McLean considers how people cooperate to produce public goods without government coercion, and how individual preferences combine to form a social consensus. The book also delves into the consequences of combining individual preferences, highlighting that there is no straightforward way to add them up to form a 'social ordering'. This has implications for electoral reform and the status of 'the will of the people'.
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