"Solving Social Dilemmas demonstrates that social, political, and economic progress occur when ethical dispositions evolve in a manner that solves or ameliorate social dilemmas. That same process can account for the emergence of prosperous societies in the West during the late nineteenth and...

This set of books is a collection of significant contributions to the theory of rent-seeking, from its very beginning to the present. Reserachers working in this field will find it useful to have these texts as a reference manual. The extensive introductions survey the field and guide the reader...