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James McGill Buchanan Jr. (/bjuːˈkænɨn/; October 3 1919 – January 9 2013) was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory for which he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in 1986. Buchanan’s work initiated research on how politicians’ self-interest and non-economic forces affect government economic policy. He was a member of the Board of Advisors of The Independent Institute a Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute and professor at George Mason University.

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alma mater
Middle Tennessee State University, University of Chicago, University of Tennessee
award
Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
birth date
1919-10-03
birth place
Murfreesboro Tennessee, United States
BNF Id
120003724
death date
2013-01-09
death place
Blacksburg Virginia
depiction description (caption)
James Buchanan at a panel discussion on his contributions to social philosophy and political economy in September 2010.
field
Public choice
individualised GND number
171994949
influenced
Elinor Ostrom
influenced by
Friedrich Hayek, Frank Knight, Ludwig von Mises, Knut Wicksell
institution
George Mason University, University of Virginia, Virginia Tech
LCCN Id
n/79/066691
nationality
United States

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