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When Hard Heads Collide

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ABSTRACT. In this article, Loren Lomasky begins with a firsthand account of some of the people he interacted with at the Center for the Study of Public Choice in Blacksburg and some of what he learned there. Aside from the revealing personal anecdotes, we learn something of the culture clash he experienced as a visiting fellow at the Center and about his introduction to intellectual activity as “blood sport.” Lomasky then reviews some of the strengths and weaknesses of public choice theory from a philosophical point of view and offers some suggestions. These primarily concern the theory's narrow focus on the material nature of interests. Finally, Lomasky offers techniques for including moral interests in the deliberations of decision makers.

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  • Loren E. Lomasky, 2004. "When Hard Heads Collide," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(1), pages 189-205, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:ajecsc:v:63:y:2004:i:1:p:189-205
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2004.00282.x
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    1. Loren Lomasky, 2022. "Collaboration as communication: writing with Geoffrey Brennan," Public Choice, Springer, vol. 193(3), pages 127-132, December.

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