Coordination, Cooperation, and Control

Randall G. Holcombe is DeVoe Moore Professor of Economics at Florida State University, USA. Holcombe is also Senior Fellow at the James Madison Institute and a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute in Oakland, California. He served on Florida Governor Jeb Bush’s Council of Economic Advisors from 2000 to 2006 and is past president of the Public Choice Society and the Society for the Development of Austrian Economics. Holcombe is the author of fifteen books and more than 200 articles published in academic and professional journals.

“Holcombe’s book offers a thorough treatment of the concept of power, and it is an important resource for scholars of political economy and public choice theory. Moreover, the material is presented in a way that is accessible to those that do not have strong background in the social sciences. The book can also be a valuable reference for graduate and undergraduate courses … .” (Vaios Koliofotis, Erasmus Journal for Philosophy and Economics, Vol. 15 (1), 2022)"This is a terrifc book. … Holcombe has been a leader in attempting that redirection back toward foundations, and this book advances that program still further.” (Michael Munger, Public Choice, Vol. 188, 2021)

• 1. The Concept of Power.- 2. Political Power.- 3. Economic Power.- 4. The Separation of Economic from Political Power.- 5. Power in Pre-Agricultural Societies.- 6. Power in Agrarian and Feudal Societies.- 7. Institutions That Support Commerce and Industry.- 8. Power in Commercial and Industrial Societies.- 9. Politics as a Vocation.- 10. The Social Contract.- 11. Ideology, Politics, and Power.- 12. Clouds on the Horizon: The Recombination of Political and Economic Power.- 13. Progress and Power.