There has been a lot of fuss, in libertarian and conservative circles, about Nancy MacLean’s new book Democracy in Chains. I have not yet read it, but, based on this plethora of reviews it has so far garnered, I discern that one of its main “insights” is that James Buchanan in particular, and his (and Gordon Tullock’s!) Public Choice School in general, are leaders of the libertarian movement; among its very founders. Nothing could be further from the truth, as this book amply demonstrates: DiLorenzo, Thomas J. and Walter E. Block. 2016. An Austro-Libertarian Critique of Public Choice; Addleton Academic … Continue reading James Buchanan is not “Mr. Libertarian”