Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation 1st Edition

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"[D]eeply interesting...Dougherty's book provides compelling evidence for what we have always known partially accounted for states' cooperation..." Donald S. Lutz, University of Houston, William and Mary Quarterly

"This book should be of interest to anyone who wants to know more about what led the framers to create the Constitution as they did, and is required reading for anyone interested in early U.S. public finance." Journal of Economic History

"COLLECTIVE ACTION UNDER THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION is a wonderful account of why state complied with congressional requistions during the Revolutionary War and under the Article Of Confederation. This book is an excellent example of the useful application of social choice theory to provide insights into the historical events." The Law and Politics Book Review

"Collective Action under the Articles of Confederation is a laudable effort to bring modern social science to bear on key problems of political history." Political Science Quarterly

"Dougherty provides ample food for thought in this volume, and gives readers an interesting analysis of the first dozen years of U.S. politics...thought-provoking and insightful...For anyone interested in a solid analysis of government under the Articles, this book is very worthwhile." Public Choice

"Dougherty's handling of these amendments is deft and contributes in an area that is almost always ignored." American Historical Review

Book Description

This 2001 book focuses on the reasons that states contributed to the government under the Articles of Confederation.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Cambridge University Press; 1st edition (November 2, 2006)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 224 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0521027586
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0521027588
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.57 x 9 inches

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This book opened my eyes to how we managed to fund a new government. It was a miracle that we lasted until we agreed on a constitution.

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Kevin R. C. Gutzman

Excellent. Smashes the Conventional Wisdom.

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2008

The conventional wisdom says that the states were stingy and selfish during the Revolution. According to Federalist propaganda, they held back money so selfishly that they nearly caused the defeat of Washington's forces. In the Revolution's aftermath, the story goes, only adoption of the federal Constitution prevented "chaos" and limitless bloodshed.

This book proves that contrary to the Federalist propaganda, the states actually contributed more to the Confederation than a rational-choice model would predict. My conclusion: Richard Henry Lee, a one-time president of Congress from Virginia, was right to say that the financial difficulties faced by Congress in 1787-88 resulted from an enormous war against the world's most powerful nation, not from the failure of the free, decentralized government for which the war had been fought. In other words, George Mason was right to say that it didn't make sense to surrender decentralized, republican government in 1787-88 only four years after winning it in 1783.

It seems to me that the Federalist "there's-a-crisis-and-it's-too-complicated-for-you-to-understand-you-boob-so-hurry-and-give-us-much-more-power-before-we-all-end-up-speaking-Spanish" propaganda of the 1780s had a lot in common with the propaganda behind the Bush-Bernanke Billionaire Bailout of 2008. For some reason, the average Joe/Jane can be swayed by officials who say that we have to hurry and surrender a large portion of our liberty to them or else the world will come to an end. Alas.

Anyway, read this book. It reveals that much of _The Federalist_ is a lot of hooey. (That's a technical legal term.) For the full story of the Confederation and Constitution, also see my The Politically Incorrect Guide(tm) to the Constitution (Politically Incorrect Guides)