http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/12/05/james-m-buchanan/three-amendments/ Big Ideas for a Better World Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:24:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/12/05/james-m-buchanan/three-amendments/comment-page-1/#comment-336823 Yglesias on Libertarians and Corporate Power Wed, 12 Nov 2008 17:24:58 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/11/29/james-m-buchanan/test/#comment-336823 [...] think this is an interesting challenge. My own view, which I take from Hayek and Buchanan, is that we need constitutional reform that requires redistributive policy to meet certain [...] [...] think this is an interesting challenge. My own view, which I take from Hayek and Buchanan, is that we need constitutional reform that requires redistributive policy to meet certain [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/12/05/james-m-buchanan/three-amendments/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Will Wilkinson / The Fly Bottle » Blog Archive » Kinsley Gets It! Mon, 20 Mar 2006 19:31:27 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/11/29/james-m-buchanan/test/#comment-245 [...] Tell me again what’s wrong with Buchanan’s generality amendment? The generality amendment plus the explicit transfer amendment would eliminate almost everything that is terrible about politics. [...] [...] Tell me again what’s wrong with Buchanan’s generality amendment? The generality amendment plus the explicit transfer amendment would eliminate almost everything that is terrible about politics. [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/12/05/james-m-buchanan/three-amendments/comment-page-1/#comment-229 CIPE Development Blog » Limits to Liberal Democracy Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:01:35 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/11/29/james-m-buchanan/test/#comment-229 [...] Whether you agree or disagree with what Gorbachev says, he touches on a very important topic.  That topic is one of whether there must be some limits to liberal democracy.  Economists like F.A. Hayek argue that democracies should exist to protect individual freedoms - that’s what democracies are all about in his view and coercion by government (or citizens through government) is unacceptable.  Further, James Buchanan has argued that there must be some constitutional limits to democracies to prevent violations of citizen’s liberties.  See his recent piece on general amendments to the constitution that must be put in place to safeguard natural liberty.  On the other hand, we have situations such as the one in Russia, where coercion seems to be, at least on the surface, a viable solution in the case of abandoning the elections of governors.  It must be noted, that the majority of the Russian public, according to polls, did support the decision to institute an appointment system for choosing governors - and many have voice publicly the frustration over the corrupt nature of regional elections.  It remains to see, however, if appointed governors [and their administration] are any less corrupt than elected governors, as even President Putin himself has admitted that corruption is rampant in Russia within government.    [...] [...] Whether you agree or disagree with what Gorbachev says, he touches on a very important topic.  That topic is one of whether there must be some limits to liberal democracy.  Economists like F.A. Hayek argue that democracies should exist to protect individual freedoms - that’s what democracies are all about in his view and coercion by government (or citizens through government) is unacceptable.  Further, James Buchanan has argued that there must be some constitutional limits to democracies to prevent violations of citizen’s liberties.  See his recent piece on general amendments to the constitution that must be put in place to safeguard natural liberty.  On the other hand, we have situations such as the one in Russia, where coercion seems to be, at least on the surface, a viable solution in the case of abandoning the elections of governors.  It must be noted, that the majority of the Russian public, according to polls, did support the decision to institute an appointment system for choosing governors – and many have voice publicly the frustration over the corrupt nature of regional elections.  It remains to see, however, if appointed governors [and their administration] are any less corrupt than elected governors, as even President Putin himself has admitted that corruption is rampant in Russia within government.    [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/12/05/james-m-buchanan/three-amendments/comment-page-1/#comment-226 Positive Liberty » Blog Archive » Virtù and Selfishness Thu, 09 Mar 2006 00:54:11 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2005/11/29/james-m-buchanan/test/#comment-226 [...] Inspired by the inaugural essay at Cato Unbound, James Buchanan’s “Three Amendments: Responsibility, Generality, and Natural Liberty,” Sandefur has argued that there is no possible way to write a constitution whose text escapes the fundamental problem of public choice in politics. He writes, At Cato Unbound, Prof. James Buchanan.. recommends amending the United States Constitution to say something like (in Hayek’s words) “Congress shall make no law authorizing government to take any discriminatory measures of coercion.” He’s open to other phrases, but the idea is to enshrine the principle of “generality, which has long been accepted as the central element in the rule of law.” [...] [...] Inspired by the inaugural essay at Cato Unbound, James Buchanan’s “Three Amendments: Responsibility, Generality, and Natural Liberty,” Sandefur has argued that there is no possible way to write a constitution whose text escapes the fundamental problem of public choice in politics. He writes, At Cato Unbound, Prof. James Buchanan.. recommends amending the United States Constitution to say something like (in Hayek’s words) “Congress shall make no law authorizing government to take any discriminatory measures of coercion.” He’s open to other phrases, but the idea is to enshrine the principle of “generality, which has long been accepted as the central element in the rule of law.” [...]

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