Economic Thought and Political Theory

' ... the book is highly recommended to readers interested in an open discussion of ideas from very heterogeneous approaches to a common theme, past and present - the problem of choice between state and the market.' Journal of Institutional and Theoretical Economics, 154:2 (1998)

• 1 Communism, Sparta, and Plato.- 2 Sir James Steuart on the Managed Market.- 3 Economic Theory and Policy: An Introduction to John Stuart Mill’s Political Economy.- 4 Church, State, and Market: Accent on the Social.- 5 State and Market When Command Goes Capitalist.- 6 Schumpeter and Capitalism in an Era of Transition.- 7 Cultural Evolution, Collective Learning, and Constitutional Design.- 8 Health and Choice: The Contribution of James Buchanan.