The Cato Journal, Vol. 7, No. 2, Fall 1987

An Interdisciplinary Journal of Public Policy Analysis
Volume 7 Number 2, Fall 1987

Government, the Economy, and the Constitution

James A. Dorn
Introduction: Government, the Economy, and the Constitution
(PDF, 21 pp., 1,189 Kb)

James M. Buchanan
Justification of the Compound Republic: The Calculus in Retrospect
(PDF, 10 pp., 428 Kb)

Gordon Tullock
The Calculus: Postscript after 25 Years
(PDF, 16 pp., 840 Kb)

Comment by Richard E. Wagner

Dwight R. Lee
The Calculus of Consent and the Constitution of Capitalism
(PDF, 6 pp., 325 Kb)

Thomas R. Dye
The Politics of Constitutional Choice
(PDF, 8 pp., 421 Kb)

Peter H. Aranson
Procedural and Substantive Constitutional Protection of Economic Liberties
(PDF, 31 pp., 1,754 Kb)

Robert L. Bish
Federalism: A Market Economics Perspective
(PDF, 26 pp., 1,368 Kb)

Comment by David W. Rasmussen

Richard L. Stroup
Reflections on Freedom, Fairness, and the Constitution
(PDF, 8 pp., 435 Kb)

Richard A. Epstein
The Public Trust Doctrine
(PDF, 20 pp., 1,168 Kb)

Other Articles

Marilyn R. Flowers
Rent Seeking and Rent Dissipation: A Critical View
(PDF, 10 pp., 502 Kb)

William A. Kelly, Jr., Clark Nardinelli, and Myles S. Wallace
Regulation of Insider Trading: Rethinking SEC Policy Rules
(PDF, 8 pp., 441 Kb)

Clifton Perry
Tort Reform and the Market-Share Rule
(PDF, 12 pp., 630 Kb)

Robert Craig Waters
Judicial Immunity vs. Due Process: When Should a Judge Be Subject to Suit?
(PDF, 14 pp., 724 Kb)

John R. Lott, Jr.
Why Is Education Publicly Provided? A Critical Survey
(PDF, 27 pp., 1,516 Kb)

Carolyn L. Weaver
Support of the Elderly before the Depression: Individual and Collective Arrangements
(PDF, 23 pp., 1,162 Kb)

Richard Meyer and Bruce Yandle
The Political Economy of Acid Rain
(PDF, 19 pp., 927 Kb)

Book Reviews

A Conflict of Visions
Thomas Sowell
Reviewed by Viktor Vanberg
(PDF, 4 pp., 258 Kb)

The Catholic Bishops and the Economy: A Debate
Douglas Rasmussen and James Sterba
Reviewed by Paul Heyne
(PDF, 2 pp., 130 Kb)

Impulse to Revolution in Latin America
Jeffrey W. Barrett
Reviewed by Ted Galen Carpenter
(PDF, 3 pp., 161 Kb)

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