IEA, the LSE, & the Influence of Ideas

Includes six works in which Arthur Seldon discusses the way ideas influence policy. He explains how he worked to bring about a revival of classical liberal ideas, in particular through the London-based Institute of Economic Affairs, which had remarkable success and on which many other think tanks around the world have been modelled.

List of contents

The Essence of the IEA; New Hope for Economic Policy in a Changing Polity; Recollections: Before and After 'The Road to Serfdom'; Economic Scholarship and Political Interest: IEA Thinking and Government Policies; From the LSE to the IEA; The Making of the Institute: A Selection of Arthur Seldon's Prefaces 1960-1996; The IEA Papers: Subjects and Authors; Introduction; Prefaces to Hobart Papers; Prefaces to Hobart Paperbacks; Prefaces to IEA Readings; Index.

About the author

Arthur Seldon; Edited by Colin Robinson

Product details

• Authors: Colin Robinson, Colin Robinson, Arthur Seldon
• Assisted by: Colin Robinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2005
• EAN: 9780865975484
• ISBN: 978-0-86597-548-4
• No. of pages: 319
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 29 mm
• Weight: 672 g
• Series: Collected Works of Arthur Seldon; Collected Works of Arthur Seldon; Collected Works of Arthur Seld
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Economics