One of the Center's early publications that reached a wider audience was a 1959 report Buchanan co-authored with Nutter, "The Economics of Universal Education". In it they wrote that the, "case for universal education is self-evident: a democracy cannot function without an informed and educated citizenry. . . . If education is to be universal, compulsion must be exercised by government—that is, by the collective organ of society—since some parents might choose to keep their children out of school. For similar reasons, minimum standards of education must be determined by government. Otherwise, the requirement of education is empty and meaningless." Buchanan was not against "state participation in education" although he strongly opposed " state monopoly of education".
One of the Center's early publications that reached a wider audience was a 1959 report Buchanan co-authored with Nutter "The Economics of Universal Education" In it they wrote that the "case for universal education is self-evident a democracy cannot function without an informed and educated citizenry    If education is to be universal compulsion must be exercised by government—that is by the collective organ of society—since some parents might choose to keep their children out of school For similar reasons minimum standards of education must be determined by government Otherwise the requirement of education is empty and meaningless" Buchanan was not against "state participation in education" although he strongly opposed " state monopoly of education"