President-elect James Buchanan had no idea what was happening to his body. But political Washington had its suspicions.

James Buchanan wrote "An Economic Theory of Clubs" and invented ... The Theory of Public Finance. New York: McGraw Hill Book Co. Samuelson, Paul A. 1954. "The Pure Theory of Public Expenditure." ...

Born: April 23, 1791, in Stony Batter, Pennsylvania... Buchanan presided over the dissolution of the Union. His faith that the legal system would resolve the slavery issue locked him into inaction.

In the aftermath of James Buchanan’s inauguration, America became obsessed: Was the fatal illness called the “Buchanan Grip” an assassination attempt? Or just a disease-ridden hotel?

This is not about James Buchanan, the 15th President of the United States, this is about the economist James Buchanan, the leading figure in public choice theory. The connection to politics, however, ...