{"product_id":"the-rent-seeking-society-gordon-tullock-9780865975248","title":"The Rent-Seeking Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe fifth volume in \u003cem\u003eThe Selected Works of Gordon Tullock\u003c\/em\u003e consists of six parts, each part expounding on a separate component of the field. Part 1, \"Rent Seeking: An Overview,\" brings together two papers that focus on problems of defining rent-seeking behavior and outline the nature of the ongoing research program in a historical perspective. Part 2, \"More on Efficient Rent Seeking,\" contains four contributions in which Tullock elaborates on his 1980 article on efficient rent seeking. Part 3, \"The Environments of Rent Seeking,\" consists of eight papers that collectively display the breadth of the rent-seeking concept. Part 4, \"The Cost of Rent Seeking,\" comprises seven papers that address several important issues about the cost of rent seeking to society as a whole. Part 5 is Tullock's short monograph \u003cem\u003eExchanges and Contracts\u003c\/em\u003e, in which he develops a systematic theory of exchange in political markets. In Part 6, \"Future Directions for Rent-Seeking Research,\" Tullock focuses on the importance of information in the political marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis work has been carefully constructed to build on the inaugural volume in this collection and to ease students through the field in a clear and concise manner.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGordon Tullock\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor Emeritus of Law at George Mason University, where he was Distinguished Research Fellow in the Center for Study of Public Choice and University Professor of Law and Economics. He also taught at the University of South Carolina, the University of Virginia, Rice University, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the University of Arizona. In 1966 he founded the journal that became Public Choice and remained its editor until 1990.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharles K. Rowley\u003c\/strong\u003e was Duncan Black Professor of Economics at George Mason University and a Senior Fellow of the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy at George Mason University. He was also General Director of the Locke Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Tullock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0865975248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865975248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liberty Fund\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/14\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 342\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.10d","brand":"Gordon Tullock","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926687940863,"sku":"9780865975248","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_2ea34aa6-c819-4f63-972e-a227eff35e98.jpg?v=1681084456","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-rent-seeking-society-gordon-tullock-9780865975248","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}