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Fall 2021

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 36, Number 3

James M. Buchanan’s Constrained Vision in Cost and Choice *

Art Carden, Samford University and American Institute for Economic Research

M. Scott King, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Audrey Redford, Western Calorina University

James E. Hanley, Independent Scholar

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TheJournalofPrivateEnterprise36(3),2021,91–109JamesM.Buchanan’sConstrainedVisioninCostandChoice*ArtCardenSamfordUniversityandAmericanInstituteforEconomicResearchM.ScottKingUniversityofTennesseeatChattanoogaAudreyRedfordWesternCarolinaUniversityJamesE.HanleyIndependentScholar__________________________________________________________AbstractJamesM.Buchanan’s1969bookCostandChoicespeakstothesocialistcalculationdebatefromtheperspectiveofthe“LondonTradition”theoryofcost.ItalsoestablishesBuchananasanexemplarofThomasSowell’s“constrainedvision”inSowell’s(1987)2007bookAConflictofVisions.ThisessayexploresBuchanan’sradicalsubjectivisminCostandChoice,andwhyitalignshimwithSowell’s“constrainedvision.”CombiningBuchanan’ssubjectivismwithSowell’sAConflictofVisionscanhelpusunderstandBuchanan’scritiquesofwelfareeconomics.WepositthatCostandChoicehascontinuedrelevanceforpublicchoiceinadditiontoAustrianeconomics.__________________________________________________________JELCodes:B25,B31,H11Keywords:cost,subjectivism,JamesBuchanan,LondonSchoolofEconomics,AustrianEconomics,welfareeconomics*WethankparticipantsinaMercatusCenterdiscussionof“MarketsandMorality”andsessionsonthefiftiethanniversaryofBuchanan’sCostandChoiceatthe2019AssociationofPrivateEnterpriseEducationandSouthernEconomicAssociationmeetingsforcommentsanddiscussion.Wealsothankananonymousreviewerandtheeditorforhelpfulcommentsintherevisionofthismanuscript.Allremainingerrorsareourown.

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Title	James M. Buchanan’s Constrained Vision in Cost and Choice *
Authors/Creators:	Art Carden, Samford University and American Institute for Economic Research M. Scott King, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Audrey Redford, Western Calorina University James E. Hanley, Independent Scholar
Year:	2021
Volume:	36
Number:	3
Pages:	91 - 109
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	cost, subjectivism, James Buchanan, London School of Economics, Austrian Economics, welfare economics

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Carden, Art; King, M. Scott; Redford, Audrey; Hanley, James E. / 2021. "James M. Buchanan’s Constrained Vision in Cost and Choice ." The Journal of Private Enterprise*, 36(3): 91-109.