3 thinkers, books, and ideas connected to this field.
Bryan Caplan's application of public choice theory to foreign policy — arguing that the concept of coherent national 'grand strategy' is largely an illusion produced by bureaucratic incentives and self-interested decision-makers.
Bryan Caplan's public choice analysis of politician behavior — arguing that politicians are neither especially virtuous nor especially evil, but are constrained by political incentives that systematically produce bad policy.
Aaron Ross Powell and Trevor Burrus's libertarian policy case — arguing for the substantive policy agenda that follows from taking individual liberty and constitutional limits seriously.