James M. Buchanan

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Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences economist human

James M. Buchanan was an American economist and Nobel laureate best known for founding public choice theory, which applies economic analysis to political decision-making.

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instanceOf	Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences ⓘ economist ⓘ human ⓘ
academicDegree	PhD in economics ⓘ
awardReceived	Honorary doctorates from multiple universities ⓘ John R. Commons Award ⓘ National Humanities Medal ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences ⓘ surface form: Nobel Prize in Economics 1986
birthDate	1919-10-03 ⓘ
birthPlace	Murfreesboro, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States
coAuthor	Geoffrey Brennan ⓘ Gordon Tullock ⓘ Richard E. Wagner ⓘ
coFounded	public choice theory ⓘ
conflictParticipatedIn	World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
deathDate	2013-01-09 ⓘ
doctoralAdvisor	Frank H. Knight ⓘ
educatedAt	Middle Tennessee State Teachers College ⓘ University of Chicago ⓘ University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee
employer	Florida State University ⓘ George Mason University ⓘ University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee University of Virginia ⓘ Virginia Tech ⓘ surface form: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
familyName	Buchanan ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional economics ⓘ economics ⓘ political economy ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ
founded	Center for Study of Public Choice ⓘ
fullName	James McGill Buchanan Jr. ⓘ
givenName	James ⓘ
ideology	classical liberalism ⓘ libertarianism ⓘ
knownFor	constitutional political economy ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ theory of public finance ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
memberOf	Mont Pelerin Society ⓘ
notableWork	Democracy in Deficit ⓘ Public Principles of Public Debt ⓘ The Calculus of Consent ⓘ The Limits of Liberty ⓘ
positionHeld	Distinguished Professor at George Mason University ⓘ Professor of Economics ⓘ
servedIn	United States Navy ⓘ
theoreticalContribution	analysis of fiscal deficits and public debt ⓘ application of economic analysis to political decision-making ⓘ contractarian approach to constitutional rules ⓘ

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Friedrich Hayek → influenced → James M. Buchanan ⓘ

Mont Pelerin Society → hasMember → James M. Buchanan ⓘ

Frank Knight → influenced → James M. Buchanan ⓘ

Frank E. Seidman Distinguished Award in Political Economy → notableRecipient → James M. Buchanan ⓘ