Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers the economic engine of political change / [electronic resource] :
Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López.
- Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance, an imprint of Stanford University Press, 2013.
- xiv, 209 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ideas and the rules of politics -- The never-ending quest for good government -- Economists join the battle of political ideas -- Public choice : how we get bad policies and get stuck with them, or not -- How ideas matter for political change -- Four stories of political change -- What is to be done? : assembling the wisdom.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Political planning--Economic aspects. Policy sciences--Economic aspects. Political entrepreneurship. Economic policy.