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Public Goods, Redistribution And Rent Seeking (The Locke Institute Series)

By Gordon Tullock

Book information

Publisher
Edward Elgar Publishing
Year
2005
ISBN
9781843766377, 184376637X
Open Library ID
OL22616635M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
538 kB (550437 bytes)
Series
The Locke Institute Series
Pages
163\163
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

I can't recommend this very strongly. In the first place, it badly needs an editor to remove the excess and strangely placed commas, to put dropped words back in, and to remove the extraneous words. In the second place, it just doesn't seem like the kind of book you would expect from someone of Tullock's stature. I think he stretches the meaning of "externality" too far. He covers lots of ground already covered in Calculus of Consent (of which he repeatedly reminds us that he was a co-author). About the only thing I learned was a new biological justification for charity and altruism, but that only accounts for one chapter. For that, I am tempted to upgrade to 2 stars, but won't give into that temptation.

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