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Democracy in chains review6/2/2023 ![]() ![]() MacLean’s academic position and record justified further investigation, leading to serious intellectual engagement and analysis of her book. ![]() Buchanan were similarly surprised with MacLean’s account based on their personal experiences and familiarity with Buchanan and his research. Many scholars familiar with public choice and James M. ![]() Buchanan, as well as personally interacting with him, his students, and coauthors during graduate school at George Mason University, I found these to be deeply serious and concerning allegations worthy of investigation, despite the fact that nothing in my personal experience or research supported the veracity of her narrative. Buchanan at the center of an effort to undermine democratic institutions and preserve the political power of white elites with a research program premised on the assumption that political actors are primarily driven by selfish motivations.Īs an academic who has spent a good portion of my scholarly career studying and building on the scholarship of James M. In a provocative book, Democracy in Chains, Duke University historian Professor Nancy MacLean places Nobel laureate and MTSU alum James M. Buchanan received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics and Science in 1986 “for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making.” | MTSU file photo ![]()
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