Anda buchanan became much more sceptical about whether the whether coercion by states could be justified at all. In fact, he had some questions about whether constitutions really were as valuable as he had said for states. For he thinks, buchanan actually won the noble prize in large part for his work on clubs. So collectively, we can privately create this public good of having the racket and pool club. But then what about real con situtions with a big seat, like the us Constitution? What can we say about those?
More than we need rules, argues Michael Munger, we need rules about the rules. So does the United States need a new Constitution? Listen as the Duke University economist and political scientist talks to host Russ Roberts about public choice, consenting to coercion, and whether constitutions matter.