Politicians, economists and the Supreme Court at work : the founders betrayed / Timothy P. Roth.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roth, Timothy P.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Values--United States.

Values.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

United States. Constitution.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, Mass. : Edward Elgar Pub., 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

`A sobering and emphatic reminder of how far we have strayed from the principles on which the republic was established. Diagnostic understanding is a necessary first step. But are we capable, as a body politic, to stop the binge and endure the hangover? Or must we acquiesce in the anarchy of politics beyond constitutional limits?'---James M. Buchanan, Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1986. Thomas Jefferson wrote `I wish...never to see all offices transferred to Washington, where, further withdrawn from the eyes of the people, they may more secretly be bought and sold at market'. What would Jeffers

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1. The federal enterprise; 2. The Founders' vision; 3. The 'Old Court' at work; 4. The 'New Court' at work; 5. The politics and the economics of wants and needs; 6. What would the Founders do?; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-34065-8

9786613340658

1-84980-900-3

OCLC:

664231219