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Hayek

Editat de Robert Leeson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 ian 2015
F.A. Hayek (1899-1992) was a Nobel Prize winning economist, famous for his defense against classical liberalism. This volume xamines Hayek's relationship with the Chicago School, and looks at The Consitution of Liberty - Hayek's vision of the wealthy. The study highlights the paradox that arises from the spontaneous order of trade unions.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781137478238
ISBN-10: 1137478233
Pagini: 264
Ilustrații: VI, 263 p.
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:2015 edition
Editura: Springer Nature B.V.
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Introduction; Robert Leeson 2. 'You just had to raise your finger'; Robert Leeson 3. Hayek and the Chicago School; Rob van Horn 4. Wealth and the Intellectuals: Nietzsche, Hayek, and the Austrian School of Economics; Corey Robin 5. Hayek, Hutt and trade unions; Benjamin Jackson 6. Hayek and Me; David J. Theroux 7. Some Recollections of Hayek and Bill Bartley; Gregory Christiansen

Recenzii

“This book also discloses newand interesting information pertaining to Hayek’s involvement in importantevents and developments in the 20th century … . This new information has thepotential to inspire future research in the areas of economic thought,liberalism, and the life and work of Hayek himself. … could serve to motivatefurther discussion and research on the current anomalies that prevail withinthe discipline and profession of economics, as well as the defects of freemarket capitalism.” (Birsen Filip, History of Economic Thought and Policy, Vol.2, 2015)

Notă biografică

Robert Leeson, Stanford University, USAGregory Christiansen, California State University, USABenjamin Jackson, Associate Professor of Modern History, University of OxfordCorey Robin, City University of New York, USADavid J. Theroux, The Independent Institute

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This latest volume in the Collaborative Biography of Hayek examines the interconnectedness between Hayek’s (1944) The Road to Serfdom and George Orwell’s Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949); his relationship with Karl Popper and Karl Polanyi; and the work of Wilhelm von Humboldt. Mises had a ‘deep emotional attachment’ to the ‘free’ market and Hayek believed that ‘science’ was driven by shallow emotions.

Hayek believed in ‘democracy as a system of peaceful change of government; but that’s all its whole advantage is, no other.’ He felt democracy simply made it possible to get rid of the government ‘we’ dislike. Hayek bemoaned the decay of superstition — the ‘supporting moral beliefs’ – that are required to maintain ‘our’ civilization. Yet his Road to Serfdom neglected ‘another road to serfdom’ – the possibility that there were multiple threats to individual freedom – not just State power. In contrast, many other scholars and public intellectual warned of the dangers of the concentration of power in institutions other than the State. Today those fears have materialized in the guise of wealthy mega-corporations and billionaires whose influence on government, on elections, on popular culture and on the dominant ideology, have been able to change the rules of the market in their favour – so that ‘we’ have now become trapped in a new kind of serfdom. With contributions from a range of highly regarded scholars, this volume continues the Biography’s rich exploration of Hayek’s work and beliefs.

Caracteristici

Makes extensive use of archival material to support arguments and debates Presents a comprehensive discussion of Hayek's influence and influences Illustrates the impact and effect that Austrian far-right movements of the time had on Hayek's intellectual development