Dear SHOE members,

Steve's memory is not faulty (if I may). Jim Buchanan spent only a few  
months and maybe just a few weeks during the summer 1954 at the Rand.  
This apparently is exact. He worked on the problem of pricing highway  
services (it was his main research topic at that time) but, from the  
discussions I had wit him, it appears that he believes that it was not  
very important for his subsequent work!

Also, as far as I know, he did not serve as a consultant for the Rand  
in 1958. I haven't found anything in Buchanan papers that could  
confirm that.

Best wishes, Alain.


Quoting "Medema, Steven" <[log in to unmask]>:

> David raises a number of interesting points, as is always the case  
> when he posts?not least among which is why RAND makes no mention of  
> Buchanan.
>
> I have spoken with Buchanan about his time at RAND on a couple of  
> occasions, and he does not believe that his work there had any real  
> influence on his subsequent scholarship. I do not have his  
> autobiography (Better than Plowing) to hand, but it may make some  
> mention of his RAND affiliation. My recollection is that his  
> research with RAND dealt with issues of highways, perhaps congestion  
> issues, but I also do not have my notes on that to hand, and my  
> memory may be faulty. I believe that Amadae had conversations with  
> Buchanan in the process of writing her book, so there would be a  
> basis for her specificity.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Steve Medema
>
>
>



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