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ECON 6430/7430: Public Finance

Required readings and other selected resources

Required Readings

Buchanan, James M. (1975[2000]). The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan. Indianapolis, IN: Liberty Fund Inc.

Additional Readings

Bell, Tom (2011). “Graduate Consent in Contract and Tort Law: Toward a Theory of Justification,” Case Western Reserve Law Review 61(1): 1-68.
Hobbes, Thomas (1651). Leviathan.
Huemer, Michael (2013). The Problem of Political Authority. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan
Rawls, John (1971). A Theory of Justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Stringham, Edward (2007). Anarchy and the Law. Oakland, CA: The Independent Institute.

Available in print format at Walker Library (no electronic copies)

Friedman, David (1973). Machinery of Freedom. Open Court Publishing Company.
Available in print format. Available at Walker Library, 2nd floor. Call number is 323.44 F91m 1989
Nozick, Robert (1974). Anarchy, State, and Utopia. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Available in print format. Located in Walker Library, 2nd floor. Call number is 320.101 N87a.