Books written by Geoffrey Brennan
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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics: An Anthology
The only book on the market to include classical and contemporary readings from key authors in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), this unique anthology provides a comprehensive overview of the central topics in this rapidly ...
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The Economy of Esteem: An Essay on Civil and Political Society
The authors contend that people care about others' opinions of them and that the actions they take to raise the esteem they enjoy produce social patterns.
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Explaining Norms
Geoffrey Brennan, Lina Eriksson, Robert E. Goodin, Nicholas Southwood ... G. 16, 45–6, 113–14, 116, 223–4 Brezhnev, L. 97, 119 Brink, D. 27, 58, 62, 199 Broome, J. 62 Buchanan, J. 45, 222–3 calculated breach 235–6 calculations 98, ...
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Common Minds: Themes from the Philosophy of Philip Pettit
Shiffrar, M. 118 n. ... 22 Smith, M. 100–3, 217, 238–9, 241 n., 251, 272, 277, 279, 285 Snowdon, P. 70 social forces, see forces, social, psychological influence of social ... 3, 6, 11, 14–15 Urbinati, N. 321 Weinstein, W. 157 n.
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The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy
This book is about rules - what they are, how they work, and how they can be properly analysed.
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Academic Research Productivity: Are Economists Paid Their Marginal Product?
Academic Research Productivity: Are Economists Paid Their Marginal Product?
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Common Minds: Themes from the Philosophy of Philip Pettit
OXFORD Common Minds Themes from the Philosophy of Philip Pettit edited by GEOFFREY BRENNAN , ROBERT GOODIN , FRANK JACKSON , AND MICHAEL SMITH COMMON MINDS This page intentionally left blank Themes from the. Front Cover.
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The Reason of Rules: Constitutional Political Economy
Appropriately interpreted, the working of social rules is also the central subject matter of modern political economy. This book is about rules - what they are, how they work, and how they can be properly analysed.
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Method and Morals in Constitutional Economics: Essays in Honor of James M. Buchanan
It should be stated clearly that these were our choices based on the criterion that the contribution be relevant to Buchanan's work. Buchanan had nothing whatsoever to do with the selection of papers for this volume.
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The Economics of Ethics and the Ethics of Economics: Values, Markets and the State
Economics and ethics are succumbing to the pull of disciplinary specialisation at their own peril. This volume represents a necessary and most welcome reminder of some ways in which the two are intertwined.
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Explaining Norms
We are sceptical, however, that either cluster is sufficient for the existence of a norm. ... Yet it surely cannot be right to say that there is a 'norm' among the Chastians of having sex before marriage, that the principle that one ...
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The Power to Tax: Analytic Foundations of a Fiscal Constitution
The events of the late 1970s in the wake of California's Proposition 13 brought this question very sharply into popular focus. Whether the power to tax should be restricted, and if so how, are issues of immediate policy significance.
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James M. Buchanan
Topics such as the work ethic, the logic of free markets, subjectivism, anarchy, federalism, the influence of philosophy, and the significance of the Nobel Prize are discussed in Part II.
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Method and Morals in Constitutional Economics: Essays in Honor of James M. Buchanan
This book contains a range of essays on topics in the emerging field of "constitutional political economy".
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Democracy and Decision: The Pure Theory of Electoral Preference
The claim is that the interest-based account incorrectly diagnoses the disease. Accordingly, this book ends with an account of the institutional protections that go with expressive voting."--BOOK JACKET.