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Gordon Tullock’s ill-fated appendix: “Flatland Revisited”

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  • David M. Levy

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  • Sandra J. Peart

    (University of Richmond)

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In an unpublished appendix to his Organization of Inquiry (“Flatland Revisited”) Gordon Tullock develops and extends ideas from both Ludwig von Mises and Karl Popper. We first discuss these commonalities and extensions, which center on the notions of necessary truth and reciprocity. Then we recover the manuscript history as well as comments from James Buchanan and provide an answer to the question of why the manuscript was never published.

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  • David M. Levy & Sandra J. Peart, 2017. "Gordon Tullock’s ill-fated appendix: “Flatland Revisited”," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 28(1), pages 18-34, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:copoec:v:28:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10602-016-9232-8
    DOI: 10.1007/s10602-016-9232-8
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    Gordon Tullock; Ludwig von Mises; Karl Popper; Flatland;
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    • B31 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - History of Economic Thought: Individuals - - - Individuals
    • B41 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology - - - Economic Methodology
    • Y92 - Miscellaneous Categories - - Other - - - Novels; Self-Help Books, etc.

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