The Economist Who Explained Our Endless Deficits

The work of Nobel laureate James M. Buchanan, who last month passed away at the age of 93, remains sorely underappreciated, especially as far as assessing the nation’s fiscal problems is concerned. One of the great economic thinkers of the 20th century, Buchanan applied the tools of economics to the political process and turned many commonly held views of government and politics upside down.

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