Roger D. Congleton is the BB&T Professor of Economics at West Virginia University. He joined the Department of Economics at West Virginia University in 2011, after a long association with the Department of Economics and Center for Study of Public Choice at George Mason University. He is currently co-editor of Constitutional Political Economy, a past president of the Public Choice Society, and a past director of the Center for Study of Public Choice. He has published and lectured widely on the political economy of public policy, constitutional history, and constitutional theory.
This book is refreshing in its approach and structure, which use
analytical narratives rather than mathematical proofs. Social
dilemmas require thinking and logic to provide solutions; hence,
analytical narratives are helpful. Combining economics with ethics,
Congleton provides an intriguing perspective on the rise of
commercial societies.
*Choice*
The book is a remarkable work of scholarship and a pleasure to
read. The methodical choice of topics, comprehensive arguments and
cohesive synthesis will appeal to the scholarly community. The
analytical framework of carefully introducing simple game theory
and extensions of the payoff matrices of the games to account for
the benefits of virtue and the costs of guilt is an expert
exposition that will be appreciated by researchers with an
inquiring mind.
*George Tridimas, Constitutional Political Economy*
The book makes a persuasive case, backed by extensive examples and
careful analysis, for the claim that some systems of rules, and the
associated set of moral intuitions and ethical dispositions thereby
implied, are much more supportive of commercial society, and
therefore of prosperity, than others.
*Michael C. Munger, The Independent Review*
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