Introduction by Donald J. Boudreaux, Christopher J. Coyne, and Brian Kogelmann Part I: Theoretical Foundations Chapter 1: Politics Without Romance, Without Romance: The Meta-Problem for Virginia Political Economy by Jason Lee Byas Chapter 2: Co-production and the Use of Knowledge in Public Administration by Jordan J. Hunter Chapter 3: How Public Governance and Markets Became Learning Processes by Mariam Sedighi Chapter 4: Rule-Based Fiscal Governance: Challenges, Alternatives, and a Path for Reform by Andrew Berryhill Chapter 5: "Human Wisdom": What Plato Can Teach Us About Technocracy by Eryn Rozonoyer Chapter 6: James M. Buchanan and the Unromantic Rhetoric of Public Choice by Alexander W. Morales Part II: Applications Chapter 7: Aura and the Aesthetics of Constitutional Creation: Knowledge and Representation in the Drafting of the Constitution of the Empire of Japan by Todd Maslyk Chapter 8: Masquerading Democracies: What Protest Actions Can Inform Us About the True State of the Regime? by Sargis Karavardanyan Chapter 9: Re-examining Commerce's Impact on Peace and Conflicts by Paa-Kwesi Heto Chapter 10: Transaction Costs and Authoritarian Institutions: Early Coalition Size and Regime Party-Building by Curtis Bram Chapter 11: Disaster Recovery, Entrepreneurship, and the American Revolution: Women in the Foundations of American Political Economy by Kirstin Anderson Birkhaug.