Buchanan wrote on political science

From Prof Randolph M. Siverson.

Sir, Contrary to the letter of October 19, James Buchanan was not a political scientist. He received his PhD in economics at the University of Chicago in 1948. He did, however, write on topics of great interest to political scientists, most notably (with Gordon Tullock) The Calculus of Consent.

Randolph M. Siverson,
Research Professor,
Department of Political Science,
University of California, Davis, US

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