Quo Vadis, Public Choice? An Onlooker’s Perspectives

Abstract

　This Essay describes an onlooker's evaluation of the Public Choice approach and articles from a methodological point of view. The strong but cool attitudes and articles of Public Choice founders and research followers based on 'Positivism' effectively have influenced to so - called Main Stream Academician in economics and political science. No one denies the above observations, the special, outstanding and innovative example is about skillfully description of Rent - Seeking Behavior developed by G. Tullock, who is the real founders of Public Choice as well as enormously distinguished J. M. Buchanan.

　From an onlooker's eye, an enthusiastic characteristics of Public Choice have gradually been rarefying, so I expect young and motivated fellows of the Japan Public Choice Society starting to develop the other innovative and path - breaking concepts to analyze fundamental political and economic malaise and abuses.