Setting the table -- Economic thought among American aboriginals prior to European contact -- Economic thought in America's protohistorical period -- Economic thought in 18th century America prior to independence -- Economic thought in the new nation, 1776-1885 -- Economic thought in an era of...

"1.1 Introduction Taken separately, the contributions of the best-known principals of the early Virginia School of Political Economy - James Buchanan, Gordon Tullock, and Ronald Coase - are monuments of twentieth century economics. Yet despite their longstanding collaborations, significant...