1st Edition
The Fortunes of Liberalism Essays on Austrian Economics and the Ideal of Freedom
By F.A. Hayek
Copyright 1992
292 Pages
by
Routledge
296 Pages
by
Routledge
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In this new collection of essays, F.A. Hayek traces his intellectual roots to the `Austrian school' of economics and links it to the modern rebirth of classical liberal or `libertarian' thought. There is much new interesting material here for scholars of Hayek: essays on Hayek's early life and on the intellectual climate of Vienna in the early part of the twentieth century; Hayek's opening address... Read more
Introduction, Peter G. Klein; Part I The Austrian School of Economics; prologueI Prologue: The Economics of the 1920s as Seen from Vienna; Chapter 1 The Austrian School of Economics; Chapter 2 Carl Menger (1840–1921); Chapter 3 Friedrich von Wieser (1851–1926); Chapter 4 Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973); Chapter 5 Joseph Schumpeter (1883–1950); Chapter 6 Ewald Schams (1899–1955) and Richard von Strigl (1891–1942); Chapter 7 Ernst Mach (1838–1916) and the Social Sciences in Vienna; Chapter 8 Coda: Remembering My Cousin Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951); Part II The Fortunes of Liberalism; prologueII Prologue: The Rediscovery of Freedom: Personal Recollections; Chapter 9 Historians and the Future of Europe; Chapter 10 The Actonian Revival: On Lord Acton (1834–1902); Chapter 11 Is There a German Nation?; Chapter 12 A Plan for the Future of Germany; Chapter 13 Opening Address to a Conference at Mont Pèlerin; Chapter 14 The Tragedy of Organised Humanity: de Jouvenel on Power; Chapter 15 Bruno Leoni (1913–1967) and Leonard Read (1898–1983);
Biography
Peter G. Klein
`(Volumes 3 and 4) contain some fascinating material which will be of considerable interest to all students of Hayek and twentieth-century liberalism ... The editing is excellent and the notes are very useful' - Political Studies
