James M. Buchanan
AKA James McGill Buchanan
Born: 2-Oct-1919
Birthplace: Murfreesboro, TN
Died: 9-Jan-2013
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Economist
Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Public Choice Theory
Military service: US Navy (WWII)
Father: James Buchanan
Mother: Lila Scott
Wife: Ann Bakke (m. 5-Oct-1945)
University: BS, Middle Tennessee State College (1940)
University: MA, University of Tennessee (1941)
University: PhD, University of Chicago (1948)
Professor: Economics, University of Tennessee (1950-51)
Professor: Economics, Florida State University (1951-56)
Professor: Economics, University of Virginia (1956-68)
Professor: Economics, University of California at Los Angeles (1968-69)
Professor: Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute (1969-83)
Professor: Economics, George Mason University (1983-)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
American Economic Association Vice President (1971)
Atlas Economic Research Foundation Templeton Freedom Awards Advisory Council
Center for Study of Public Choice Director (1969-88)
Fraser Institute
The Independent Institute Advisory Board
Mont Pelerin Society
Southern Economic Association President (1963)
Western Economic Association President (1983-84)
Nobel Prize for Economics 1986
Fulbright 1955
Ford Fellowship 1959-60
Author of books:
Fiscal Theory and Political Economy (1960, economics)
The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy (1962, economics, with Gordon Tullock)
The Demand and Supply of Public Goods (1968)
Democracy in Deficit: The Political Legacy of Lord Keynes (1977, with Richard E. Wagner)
Freedom in Constitutional Contract (1978, economics)
The Power to Tax (1980, economics, with Geoffrey Brennan)
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