Franklin G. Mixon's Books

The Political Economy of Private Saving in the U.S.

Evidence on the Social Opportunity Costs of Public Policy

By: Franklin G. Mixon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Political Economy of Private Saving in the U.S.

Evidence on the Social Opportunity Costs of Public Policy

By: Franklin G. Mixon

Using theoretical and empirical approaches from the economics and political science disciplines, this book examines the social opportunity costs of American public policy towards national saving. The primary focus of the text is on the institutional arrangements of the U.S. Social Security system, as they relate to Americans' decisions to save and invest, and to interest groups' decisions to lobby Congress for political privileges. The book presents statistical evidence suggesting that the social opportunity costs of U.S. policy in this area are enormous. Lower bound estimates put the loss in private savings, due to savers' decisions to substitute Social Security for private retirement plans, at approximately $349 billion dollars annually. When the lobbying costs associated with efforts to redistribute the money in the Social Security Trust Fund are included, this figure rises by perhaps as much as $15 billion. The results and discussion in this work should serve as a useful addition to the policy debates in this area.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

110

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

059524548X

ISBN 13

9780595245482

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria provides an economics perspective on the witchcraft episode, and adds to the growing body of work analyzing prominent historical events using the tools of economics.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

136

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137506350

ISBN 13

9781137506351

A Terrible Efficiency

Entrepreneurial Bureaucrats and the Nazi Holocaust

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Terrible Efficiency

Entrepreneurial Bureaucrats and the Nazi Holocaust

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

This book provides numerous examples that apply the modern theory of bureaucracy developed in Breton and Wintrobe (1982 and 1986) to the Nazi Holocaust. More specifically, the book argues, as do Breton and Wintrobe (1986), that the subordinates in the Nazi bureaucracy were not “following orders” as they claimed during the war crimes trials at Nuremberg and elsewhere, but were instead exhibiting an entrepreneurial spirit in competing with one another in order to find the most efficient way of exacting the Final Solution. This involved engaging in a process of exchange with their superiors, wherein the subordinates offered the kinds of informal services that are not codified in formal contracts. In doing so, they were competing for the rewards, or informal payments not codified in formal contracts, that were conferred by those at the top of the bureaucracy. These came in the form of rapid promotion, perquisites (pecuniary and in-kind), and other awards. The types of exchanges described above are based on “trust,” not formal institutions.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030257673

ISBN 13

9783030257675

Shaping the Learning Curve

Essays on Economic Education

By: Franklin G. Mixon Jr.,Franklin Mixon Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Shaping the Learning Curve

Essays on Economic Education

By: Franklin G. Mixon Jr.,Franklin Mixon Jr.

This edited volume contains a collection of essays that reflect a broad area of economic education inquiry ranging from teaching assessment to the philosophy of the classroom. Written by economics scholars from across the nation, this volume presents recent discoveries in presentation, assessment, and other aspects of economic education at colleges and universities in the U.S. These articles represent but a sample of the growing commentary among academics on the importance of effective teaching and economic education scholarship.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

149

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595338062

ISBN 13

9780595338061

Legislative Television as Political Advertising

A Public Choice Approach

By: Franklin Mixon

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Legislative Television as Political Advertising

A Public Choice Approach

By: Franklin Mixon

Using theoretical and statistical models, along with several new sets of empirical results, this book examines the impact of legislative television on the political process in the United States. It examines the relationship between political-economic variables and the tendency to adopt/support live television in the U.S. Congress, the impact of television on the length of U.S. House and Senate sessions, the use of parliamentary procedures in the presence (absence) of television cameras, and the role that legislative television has played in improving incumbents' success rates in primary/general federal elections. Where possible, the economic costs to taxpayers of legislators' use of television cameras, in order to enhance their re-election prospects, are also considered.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

128

Publisher

iUniverse

Published Date

ISBN 10

0595270867

ISBN 13

9780595270866

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

136

Publisher

Springer

Published Date

ISBN 10

1137506350

ISBN 13

9781137506351

A Terrible Efficiency

Entrepreneurial Bureaucrats and the Nazi Holocaust

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

A Terrible Efficiency

Entrepreneurial Bureaucrats and the Nazi Holocaust

By: Franklin G. Mixon, Jr.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

161

Publisher

Springer Nature

Published Date

ISBN 10

3030257673

ISBN 13

9783030257675

Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims

By: Benjamin Franklin,William Penn

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims

By: Benjamin Franklin,William Penn

Witty, wise, and elegant in their simplicity, these timeless adages on how to live in the material and spiritual worlds come from the author of Poor Richard's Almanack and Pennsylvania's Quaker founder.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

Publisher

Courier Corporation

Published Date

ISBN 10

0486146529

ISBN 13

9780486146522

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

March 16 through September 13, 1785 : supplementary documents, December, 1776 through July,1785

By: Benjamin Franklin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

March 16 through September 13, 1785 : supplementary documents, December, 1776 through July,1785

By: Benjamin Franklin

This volume in the venerable Papers of Benjamin Franklin covers March 16 through September 12, 1785, Franklin’s final days as minister to France and his voyage home This volume covers Franklin’s final months as minister to France and his voyage back to America. He received his long-awaited permission from Congress to return home; accepted the king’s parting gift of a miniature portrait surrounded by diamonds; settled his accounts; and arranged passage for himself and his two grandsons on a ship bound from England to Philadelphia. Franklin instructed the French government on the culinary uses of maize and wrote a lengthy “eye-witness” account of China that includes directions for making tofu. His last public act in France was signing the Prussian-American Treaty of Commerce, which contained three unprecedented articles: the two he wrote in 1782 guaranteeing protections during wartime for noncombatants, and a third guaranteeing humane treatment for prisoners of war. On the English coast, Franklin met with his Loyalist son William and witnessed William’s signing over his American property to his son William Temple Franklin. Aboard the London Packet, Franklin wrote three scientific papers, including the copiously illustrated “Maritime Observations.” His original line drawings are reproduced here for the first time. The volume ends with an appendix containing supplementary documents from the French mission.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

768

Publisher

Yale University Press

Published Date

ISBN 10

0300267959

ISBN 13

9780300267952

Poor Richard's Almanack

By: Benjamin Franklin

Write a review Read reviews Take a Quiz Solve Book Puzzle

Poor Richard's Almanack

By: Benjamin Franklin

With more than 700 pithy proverbs, this work lays out the ruiles you should live by and offers advice on such subjects as money, friendship, marriage, ethics, and human nature.

Average ratings

N/A

Write a review

Solve jigsaw puzzle

Age

Page Count

148

Publisher

Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

Published Date

ISBN 10

1602391173

ISBN 13

9781602391178

Book's by Franklin G. Mixon

The Political Economy of Private Saving in the U.S.

The Political Economy of Private Saving in the U.S.

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

A Terrible Efficiency

A Terrible Efficiency

Shaping the Learning Curve

Shaping the Learning Curve

Legislative Television as Political Advertising

Legislative Television as Political Advertising

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

Public Choice Economics and the Salem Witchcraft Hysteria

A Terrible Efficiency

A Terrible Efficiency

Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims

Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

The Papers of Benjamin Franklin

Poor Richard's Almanack

Poor Richard's Almanack

Username

Password

Username

Password

Password again

Birthday

Email