Too often the legacy of political economist Gordon Tullock is conflated with that of his early writing partner (and later Nobel laureate) James M. Buchanan. One reason is that Tullock rarely mentioned that his own research programand even his basic starting pointdeparted from the aims and approach of his former collaborator.
Gordon Tullocks Scholarly Legacy: Extracting It from Buchanans Shadow
By Richard E. Wagner
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