Publications [#313456] of Michael C. Munger

Journal Articles

1. Munger, MC, Thinking About Order Without Thought, Public Choice: Tullock's Contributions to Spontaneous Order Studies, vol. 135 no. 1-2 (2008), pp. 79-88 [doi]
   (last updated on 2026/01/15)

   Abstract:
   Philosophers tend to think of them as "conventions." Economists and some biologists conceive of them as "spontaneous orders," a concept discussed at some length in other papers in this issue. Perhaps the most general conception is "systems" theory, with roots in many disciplines. Many scholars in the sciences have tried to advance their research agendas by bringing systems theory to the study of human civilization. Gordon Tullock, a scholar who in the future will be recognized as someone well ahead of his own time, traveled the reverse path, in many cases being the first to suggest that the path even exists. © 2008 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.