Hayek: A Collaborative Biography - Part V: Hayek's Great Society of Free Men

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Robert Leeson, Stanford University, USA
Gregory Christiansen, California State University, USA
Benjamin Jackson, Associate Professor of Modern History, University of Oxford
Corey Robin, City University of New York, USA
David J. Theroux, The Independent Institute

Report

"This book also discloses new and interesting information pertaining to Hayek's involvement in important events and developments in the 20th century ... . This new information has the potential to inspire future research in the areas of economic thought, liberalism, and the life and work of Hayek himself. ... could serve to motivate further discussion and research on the current anomalies that prevail within the discipline and profession of economics, as well as the defects of free market capitalism." (Birsen Filip, History of Economic Thought and Policy, Vol. 2, 2015)

Product details

• Authors: R. Leeson, Robert Leeson
• Assisted by: Leeson (Editor), R Leeson (Editor), R. Leeson (Editor), Robert Leeson (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.03.2015
• EAN: 9781137478238
• ISBN: 978-1-137-47823-8
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 143 mm x 223 mm x 20 mm
• Series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics; Archival Insights Into the Evo; Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics; Archival Insights Into the Evo
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics; B, Economic Policy, Economic history, Economic Theory, Political Economy, Management science, Quantitative Economics, History of Economic Thought and Methodology, History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, economics;trade;unions