There is a field of economics called Public Choice Theory (PCT) whose best-known advocates are James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock. Public Choice aims to show how the incentives to which bureaucrats are subject, the things that their status, perks, and salaries really depend on, frequently push them in directions incompatible with their assigned mission. PCT […]
Author Archives: John Staddon
John Staddon is James B. Duke Professor of Psychology, and Professor of Biology and Neurobiology, Emeritus, at Duke University. He has done theoretical and experimental research on learning processes in animals; he has also written on scientific method, philosophy, and general issues such as higher education, financial markets, smoking and traffic control.