James M. Buchanan
American economist, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize for Economics (1919ā2013) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James McGill Buchanan, Jr. (October 3, 1919 ā January 9, 2013) was an American economist and educator. He is known for his public choice theory. His theories helped scientists figure out political science. Buchanan won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1968 for his theory.
For the 15th president of the United States, see James Buchanan.
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James M. Buchanan | |
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Born | (1919-10-03)October 3, 1919 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January 9, 2013(2013-01-09) (aged 93) Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S. |
Nationality | US |
Institution | George Mason University Virginia Tech University of Virginia |
Field | Public choice Austrian school |
School or tradition | Constitutional economics |
Alma mater | University of Chicago University of Tennessee Middle Tennessee State University |
Influences | John Stuart Mill Frank Knight Knut Wicksell Friedrich Hayek[1] Ludwig von Mises[1] |
Contributions | Public choice theory Logrolling |
Awards | Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (1986) |
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