Readership: Social scientists and graduate students in the fields of economics, law and economics, political science, sociology, political philosophy.
Kaushik Basu, Professor of Economics and C. Marks Professor, Department of Economics, Cornell University
"Basu covers everything from game theory to norms to the foundations of economics to the nature of the state. The question remains whether it fits the second category of an Ah-Ha book, and partly it does. Here we have a very smart economist, who knows all the standard results of his discipline, thinking very hard about political economy and government, and willing to entertain speculative notions. He does come up with something." - Tyler Cowen, Economics and Philosophy, 2002
Part I. Preliminaries 1: Introduction 2: Games and Misdemeanors: Game Theory for the Uninitiated 3: Individual Rationality Part II. Society 4 Part III. The State 5: Law and Economics 6: Power and Coercion 7: On Advising Government 8: The Concept of State Part IV. Ethics and Judgment 9: Interpersonal Comparisons 10: Consequentialism and Rights Part V. Conclusion 11: Some Concluding Remarks Appendix. Notes on Methodology: Various and Sundry
