Book · 2004 · Political Science
The Calculus of Consent
Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy
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And so what what the calculus of consent does is says is to say and this actually echoes a famous question that was asked by rousseau that we have talked on the show about.
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And of course for the readers for the listeners who know uh buchanan and tolk wrote what is still the the single most iconic book in public choice scholarship the calculus of consent which was published in 1962.
Why people recommend it
The Calculus of Consent by James M. Buchanan and Gordon Tullock is widely recognized as a foundational text in public choice scholarship and constitutional economics. On EconTalk, guest Michael Munger brought up the book to explain the origins of public choice theory, describing it as the very first of the five founding books in the public choice pentateuch. Munger discussed how the authors approached the study of constitutions by treating them as a set of rules about rules, an idea that effectively echoed a famous question previously posed by Rousseau. Furthermore, Munger noted that when the book was published in 1962, it maintained a remarkably optimistic outlook regarding the project of human reason and the deliberate development of a science of constitutions. Don Boudreaux also referenced the publication on a separate episode of EconTalk, highlighting it for listeners as the single most iconic piece of scholarship in the entire field of public choice. Both podcast guests utilized the book to illustrate how Buchanan and Tullock fundamentally changed the way economists and political scientists think about collective decision-making, democratic consent, and the structural design of political institutions.
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Michael Munger and so what what the calculus of consent does is says is to say and this actually echoes a famous question… 4
“but the real origins of public choice and particularly the first of what we now think of as the the public choice pentateuch the five founding books of public choice was the calculus of consent and the calculus of consent takes up some of the work written by it was written by james buchanan and gordon tullock it was published”
“and so what what the calculus of consent does is says is to say and this actually echoes a famous question that was asked by rousseau that we have talked on the show about”
“so jim buchanan in the calculus of consent with gordon tullock said we should think about constitutions as a set of rules”
“and so the if you look at the calculus of consent in 1962 it's pretty optimistic about the project of reason and the development of a science of constitutions”
Don Boudreaux and of course for the readers for the listeners who know uh buchanan and tolk wrote what is still the the s… 1
“and of course for the readers for the listeners who know uh buchanan and tolk wrote what is still the the single most iconic book in public choice scholarship the calculus of consent which was published in 1962.”
