::George Mason University Department of Economics
::Georgetown University Department of Economics

Thomas Rustici's Weblog
::The Science of Economics

Scholarship and Commentary by Thomas Rustici

::A Public Choice View of the Minimum Wage in Cato Journal

::Removing Individual Health Risk From Health Insurance? Incremental Regulation Versus Market Choices at Competitive Enterprise Institute

Other Scholarship

::Donald J. Boudreaux
::Peter Boettke
::Tyler Cowen
::Alex Tabarrok
::Walter Williams

Policy & Economics Links
Institutes and Foundations

::Ayn Rand Institute
::Cato Institute
::Center for the Advancement of Capitalism
::Center for Freedom and Prosperity
::Center for the Study of Public Choice
::Constitution Society
::Competitive Enterprise Institute
::Foundation for Individual Rights in Education
::Foundation for Economic Education
::Fund for American Studies
::Future of Freedom Foundation
::Goldwater Institute
::Institute on Political Journalism
::Interdisciplinary Center for Economic Science
::Iowa Electronic Markets
::James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy
::Library of Economics and Liberty
::The Locke Institute
::Mercatus Center
::National Center For Public Policy Research
::Political Economy Research Center
::Public Choice Foundation

Punditry

::Capitalism Magazine
::Instapundit
::Marginal Revolution
::Rule of Reason
::Rush Limbaugh
::Sean Hannity
::Volokh Conspiracy

Online History

::Isaac DiIanni's Required Readings in Economics
 ::Rudy Rummels' Webpage
::Museum of Communism
::Economic History Services
::History of Economics Online
::McMaster University Archive for the History of Economic Thought
::Test Your Knowledge of Communist History

Economics 309: Economics & Public Policy
This course is designed to familiarize students with the fundamental relationships between the individual citizen, government, business and society. Philosophy, political theory, economic theory and legal history are brought together to better understand public policy issues. The nature of the state, firm and markets are explored in a contractual context. Additionally, the effects of government regulation in a wide variety of market settings are highlighted though the course from a constitutional perspective.

::Syllabi

Online Class Readings

• Alchian, A. and Demsetz, H.: Production, Information costs, and Economic Organization
• Batiat, F.: A Petition
• Block, W.: Rent Control
• Buchanan, J.: Collected Works
• Buchanan, J.: The Constitution of Economic Policy
• Caneiro, R.: A Theory of the Origin of the State
• Coase, R.: The Nature of the Firm
• Cowen, T.: Public Goods and Externalities
• DeJasay, A.:  The State
• Demsetz, H.: Barriers to Entry
• Demsetz, H.: The Property Rights Paradigm
• Demsetz, H.: Toward a Theory of Property Rights
• Dilorenzo, T.:  The Origins of Antitrust: an Interest Group Perspective
• Federalist Number 10
• Federalist Number 51
• Hayek, F.A.: The Use of Knowledge in Society
• McChesney, Fred.: Antitrust
• Menger, C.: The Origin of Money
• Olson, M.: Big Bills Left on the Sidewalk: Why some nations are rich and others poor
• Posner, R.A.: Taxation by Regulation
• Radford , R.A.: The Economic Organization of a POW Camp
• Read, L.: I, Pencil
• Rockoff, H.: Price Controls
• Rustici, T.: A Public Choice View of the Minimum Wage
• Sennholz, H.:  The Formation and Function of Prices
• Smith , F.:  Risks in the Modern World: What Prospects for Rationality?
• Stigler, G.: The Theory of Economic Regulation
• Stroup, R.: Environmentalism, Free Market
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Federal Constitution of the United States
• Viscusi, K.: Job Safety

Click here for texts available through GMU e-reserves.