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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Leighton, Wayne A., 1965– author.

Madmen, intellectuals, and academic scribblers : the economic engine of political change / Wayne A. Leighton and Edward J. López

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-8047-8097-1 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 978-0-8047-8396-5 (e-book)

1. Political planning—Economic aspects. 2. Policy sciences—Economic aspects. 3. Political entrepreneurship. 4. Economic policy. I. López, Edward J., author. II. Title.

JF1525.P6L45 2012

320.6—dc23

2012016315

Typeset by Thompson Type in 10.5/14 Bembo