James M. Buchanan

James McGill Buchanan Jr. was an American economist known for his work on public choice theory originally outlined in his most famous work, The Calculus of Consent, co-authored with Gordon Tullock in 1962. He continued to develop the theory, eventually receiving the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1986.

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Who was born first?

• James M. Buchanan and Walter Scheel were born the same year
• James M. Buchanan was born 1 year after Franco Modigliani
• James M. Buchanan was born 1 year after James Tobin
• James M. Buchanan was born 1 year before Douglass North
• James M. Buchanan was born 1 year after Helmut Schmidt

Timeline

1. Franco ModiglianiJune 18, 1918 – September 25, 2003
2. Helmut SchmidtDecember 23, 1918 – November 10, 2015
3. James TobinMarch 5, 1918 – March 11, 2002
4. James M. Buchanan (this page)October 3, 1919 – January 9, 2013
5. Walter ScheelJuly 8, 1919 – August 24, 2016
6. Douglass NorthNovember 5, 1920 – November 23, 2015

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