“Rational choice has come quite a way,” a Stanford University professor, Barry Weingast, said. “Thirty years ago, it was far outside the mainstream in political science in almost every respect.” Mr.

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Public Economics – Public Choice represents a pivotal field in economic theory that applies the analytical rigour of rational choice and market principles to the study of political decision‐making.