James Buchanan

Sep 30, 2024 | econtalk.org | James Buchanan |Milton Friedman |Adam Smith

0:37Intro. [Recording date: September 4, 2024.]Russ Roberts: Today is September 4th, 2024, and my guest is Mike Munger of Duke University. This is Mike's 48th appearance on EconTalk. Forty-eight. That's 12 times four. That's amazing. He was last here in June of 2024, talking about government failure and market failure. Our topic for today is Bruno Leoni, his life and his ideas. Bruno Leoni was a political economist you may not have heard of.

Oct 9, 2023 | oll.libertyfund.org | James Buchanan

The Best of the OLL No. 10: James M. Buchanan, “The Threat of Leviathan” (1975) By: James M. Buchanan Mar 12, 2013 This is part of “The Best of the Online Library of Liberty” which is a collection of some of the most important material in the OLL. This one comes from James Buchanan’s book *The Limits of Liberty* in which he warns of the dangers posed by an ever growing democratic and bureaucratic government which would soon become a “Leviathan” state.

Aug 16, 2023 | streets.mn | James Buchanan

This is an edited re-posting of the author’s article, “Reader’s View: Please fix the sidewalk at Fitger’s” that was published in the July 1, 2023 Duluth News Tribune. My hometown of Duluth, Minnesota is a popular tourist destination. With many current and future attractions, along with the now fully funded Northern Lights Express opening in four or five years, tourism will only increase.

Jun 19, 2023 | econtalk.org | Adam Smith |James Buchanan |David Hume |Daniel Kahneman

0:37Intro. [Recording date: May 11, 2023.]Russ Roberts: Today is May 11th, 2023. Before introducing today's guest, I want to belatedly list your favorite episodes of 2022 from our Annual Survey.

Apr 24, 2023 | econtalk.org | Milton Friedman |George Stigler |Gordon Tullock |James Buchanan

Is the perfect really the enemy of the good? Or is it the other way around? In 2008, Duke University economist Michael Munger ran for governor and proposed increasing school choice through vouchers for the state's poorest counties. But some lovers of liberty argued that it's better to fight for eliminating public schools instead of trying to improve them.