Friedrich A. Hayek

Hayek, Friedrich August Von - frēˈdrĭkh ougoostˈ fôn hīˈək, 1899–1992, British economist, b. Vienna. He was raised and educated in Austria and taught at the London School of Economics in the 1930s, where he gained attention for his criticism of Keynes. He expressed his commitment to free markets and his aversion to government Read More...

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Friedrich A. Hayek

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Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue
by Stephen Kresge, Leif Wenar. 170 pgs.

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The Collected Works of F.A.Hayek

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Editorial Foreword

Introduction

Part One: Vienna-New York-Vienna

Part Two: London

Plates

Part Three: A Parting in the Road

Part Four: Chicago-Freiburg

Publications and Letters Mentioned in Text

Index of Persons and Places
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Hayek's Social and Political Thought
by Roland Kley. 248 pgs.

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Revered by some as the most important twentieth century theorist of free society, Friedrich A. Hayek has been reviled by others as a mere reactionary. Impartial throughout, the author offers a clear exposition and balanced assessment that judges Hayek's theory by its own lights. The author argues that the key to understanding Hayek lies in an appreciation of the proper link between descriptive social science and normative political theory. He probes the idea of a spontaneous order and other notions central to Hayek's thought, and concludes that they are unable to provide the "scientific" foundation Hayek seeks for his liberalism. By drawing out the distinctive character of Hayek's thought, the author presents a new and more accurate picture of this important social and political theorist.

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Introduction Friedrich A. Hayek's Instrumental Liberalism

1 Spontaneous Order, Social Theory, And The Theory of Complex Phenomena

2 Spontaneous Economic Order: Individual Adjustment and The Market's Epistemic Role

3 Spontaneous Economic Order: Its Rules

4 Spontaneous Economic Order: Its Beneficial Nature

5 The General Idea of a Spontaneous Social Order

6 Tacit Rule-Following

7 Cultural Evolution

8 Hayek's Project: the Instrumental Justification of the Liberal Market Society

Conclusion The Prospects for Comprehensive Instrumental Justification

Bibliography

Index
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Hayek's Political Economy: The Socio-economics of Order
by Steve Fleetwood. 178 pgs.

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Illustrations

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1: Introduction

2: Philosophy

3: The Philosophy Underlying Hayek II’s Socio-Economic Theory

4: The Methodology Underlying Hayek II’s Socio-Economic Theory

5: The Implications of Hayek II’s Philosophy and Method for His Socio-Economic Theory

6: Hayek III’s Quasi-Transcendental Realist Philosophy

7: Knowledge, Ignorance and Social Rules of Conduct

8: Rules and the Cognitive Psychology Underpinning Rule-Following

9: The Articulation between Social Rules of Conduct and the Tele-Communications System

10: Hayek III’s Transformational Conception of Spontaneous Socio-Economic Order

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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Hayek and After: Hayekian Liberalism as a Research Programme
by Jeremy Shearmur. 258 pgs.

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This book offers a distinctive treatment of Hayek's ideas as a 'research programme'. It presents a detailed account of aspects of Hayek's intellectual development and problems that arise within his work, and offers some broad suggestions of ways in which the programme initiated in his work might be developed further. The book opens with an overview, and then discusses how Popper and Lakatos's ideas about research programmes might be applied within political theory. There then follows a distinctive presentation of Hayek's intellectual development up to The Road to Serfdom, together with critical engagement with his later ideas. The discussion draws on a full range of his writings, makes use of some neglected earlier work on social theory and law, and also draws on archival material. The book also makes some unusual comparisons, including discussions of Gaventa and of E. P. Thompson, and presents controversial suggestions on how a 'Hayekian' approach should be further developed. The book will appeal to anyone,with an interest in Hayek's work and to those concerned with twentieth century intellectual history. It offers a distinctive interpretation of his views and a particularly wide-ranging survey of what in the author's view now needs to be done in the pursuit of a Hayekian approach to classical liberalism.

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Acknowledgements

1: Introduction

2: From Socialism to the Road to Serfdom

3: Hayek’s Later Thought

4: Commercial Society, Social Justice and Disaggregation

5: Post-Hayekian Political Economy

6: Why Our Freedom Matters to Others

7: Knowledge and Imperfection in a Minimal State

Notes

Name Index

Subject Index
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Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and the History of Ideas
by Jack Birner, Rudy van Zijp. 388 pgs.

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Preface

Introduction

Part I: Theory and Practice of Economic Co-Ordination

1: Equilibrium, Expectations and Knowledge

2: Is Hayek's Theory of Business Cycles an Austrian Theory?

3: Mathematical Formalization and the Domain of Economics

4: The Relevance of Hayek for Mainstream Economics

5: Hayekian Triangles and Beyond

6: An Evolutionary Approach to Banking and Money

Part II: Incentives and the Stability of Spontaneous Order

7: The Road to Freedom

8: Hayek on Social Justice

9: The Theory of Societal Evolution

10: Hayek and the Case for Markets

11: Hayek's Critique of Socialism

12: Hayek's Spontaneous Order

Part III: Law and Social Order

13: Hayek on the Rule of Law

14: Hayek and Natural Law

15: Hayek's Kantian Heritage and Natural Law

Part IV: Mind, Knowledge and Science

16: The Place of Hayek's Theory of Mind and Perception in the History of Philosophy and Psychology

17: In Pursuit of Rationality

Part V: Ideas of the Past

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Subject Index
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The Libertarian Reader ("F. A. Hayek: The Use of Knowledge in Society" begins on p. 67)
by Tibor R. Machan. 288 pgs.

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Preface

Part One: Foundations of Liberty

Individualism, Rights, And the Open Society

Notes

Moral Theory and The Foundations of Social Order

Essentialism, Values and Rights: The Objectivist Case for the Free Society

Society Without a State

Part Two: Liberty, Law and Society

The Use of Knowledge in Society

Freedom Under Capitalism

The Arrest and Punishment Of Criminals: Justification and Limitations

The Insanity Plea And The Insanity Verdict

Medical Progress And National Health Care

Some Advantages Of Social Control: An Individualist Defense

References

Libertarianism And Legal Paternalism

Part Three: Liberty And Economics

Market Versus Bureaucratic Planning

A Free Market in Roads

Notes

The Just Takings Issue: Can It Be Resolved by Contemporary Theories of Justice?

Notes

Dissolving the Problem Of Public Goods: Financing Government Without Coercive Measures

Part Four: Liberty And Morality

Freedom and Virtue

Libertarianism and Morality

The Ethics of Competition

Libertarians Versus Egalitarians

Entitlements and Patterns

The Natural Right To Private Property

Notes
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Hayek on Liberty
by John Gray. 188 pgs.

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Not available since the 1980s, this up-dated edition by the leading political philosopher, John Gray, outlines his new position on Hayek. In a substantial new chapter, Gray assesses how far the historical development of the last ten years can be deployed in a critique of Hayek's thought. His reassessment is not only a provoking study of a classical philosopher. It is also a timely contribution to the debate over the future of conservatism, as Gray argues that Hayekian liberalism - 'the most well-articulated political theory of the new right' - is flawed.

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Note to the Third Edition

Preface to the First Edition and Acknowledgements

1: Hayek’s System of Ideas: Its Origins and Scope

2: The Idea of a Spontaneous Social Order

3: The Law of Liberty

4: Economic Theory and Public Policy

5: Some Contrasts and Comparisons

6: Assessment and Criticism

Postscript: Hayek and the Dissolution of Classical Liberalism

Biographical Note on Hayek

Bibliographical Note on Recent Studies of Hayek

Notes

Index
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Keynes and Hayek: The Money Economy
by G. R. Steele. 227 pgs.

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John Maynard Keynes and Friedrich Hayek had serious differences of opinion when it came to assessing the fractured inter-war world. G.S. Steele picks apart this debate and argues persuasively that Hayek's outlook will prove to be the more enduring.

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Figures and Tables

Preface

1: Introduction

2: Vision in Economics

3: Philosophy and Political Economy

4: Money Issues

5: Macrodisequilibrium

6: Keynes and Senie Macromodels

7: Value Theory and Monetary Theory

8: Capital, Money and Cycles

9: Austrians and Post-Keynesians

10: Economic Guidance

Notes

Bibliography

Index
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The Political Classics: Green to Dworkin (Chap. 8 "Friedrich August von Hayek: The Constitution of Liberty")
by Murray Forsyth, Maurice Keens-Soper. 296 pgs.

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Providing a lively and informed introduction to the last hundred years of political thinking--from T.H. Green's lectures to Ronald Dworkin's Taking Rights Seriously--the third volume in the successful Political Classics series has been designed to enable all students of political ideas to gain a fuller appreciation of the great works which form the foundation of the subject. Besides giving a full analysis of the contents of each text, this book also highlights what makes the texts of central importance to an understanding of political philosophy. The twelve chapters concentrate on the ideas contained in the texts, rather than on the lives of their writers, and each chapter is supplemented with useful suggestions for further reading.

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Introduction Political Reasoning in a Time of Upheaval

1: Thomas Hill Green: Lectures on the Principles of Political Obligation

2: Georges Sorel: Reflections on Violence

Conclusion

3: Antonio Gramsci: The Prison Notebooks

Bibliographical Note

4: Carl Schmitt: The Concept of the Political

Bibliographical Note

5: Michael Oakeshott: Rationalism in Politics

Bibliographical Note

6: Isaiah Berlin: Two Concepts of Liberty

Bibliographical Note

7: Hannah Arendt: The Human Condition

Bibliographical Note

8: Friedrich August Von Hayek: The Constitution of Liberty

9: Herbert Hart: The Concept of Law

Bibliographical Note

10: John Rawls: A Theory of Justice

Conclusion

Bibliographical Note

Ii Robert Nozick: Anarchy, State, and Utopia

Conclusion

12: Ronald Dworkin: Taking Rights Seriously

Bibliographical Note

Index
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The Present as History: Essays and Reviews on Capitalism and Socialism (Chap. 25 "Hayek's Road to Serfdom")
by Paul M. Sweezy. 378 pgs.

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Other Books by Paul M. Sweezy

Preface

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Part I The Character of Our Epoch

1 The Communist Manifesto After 100 Years

2 Toynbee's Universal History

3 The Illusion of the Managerial Revolution

4 The Marshall Plan and the Crisis Of Western Europe

5 Marxism in the East: Decomposition Or Enrichment?

Part Ii Imperialism

6 A Marxist View of Imperialism

7 Three Works on Imperialism

Part Iii American Capitalism

8 Recent Developments in American Capitalism

9 The American Ruling Class

10 Capitalism and Race Relations

11 The Heyday of the Investment Banker

12 Interest Groups in the American Economy

13 The Decline of the Investment Banker

14 Critics and Crusaders.

15 Socialist Humanitarianism

16 An Economic Program for America

Part Iv German Capitalism

17 The German Problem

18 National Socialism

19 Post Mortem

20 Resurrection?

Part V Thinkers and Theories

21 John Maynard Keynes

22 Pigou and the Case for Socialism

23 Hansen and the Crisis of Capitalism

24 Schumpeter's Theory of Innovation

25 Hayek's Road to Serfdom

26 Rosa Luxemburg and the Theory Of Capitalism

27 Thorstein Veblen: Strengths And Weaknesses

Part Vi Some Problems in Political Economy

28 Marxian and Orthodox Economics.

29 Fabian Political Economy

30 Science, Marxism, and Democracy

31 Strategy for Socialism

32 A Crucial Difference Between Capitalism and Socialism

33 A Reply to Critics

34 Peace and Prosperity

Index
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Individualism and the Social Order: The Social Element in Liberal Thought (Chap. 7 "Hayek and the Form of the Liberal Community")
by Charles R. McCann Jr. 234 pgs.

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This work provides readers with a thorough treatment of liberal doctrine, both in its political theory and economic policy dimensions. It covers coverage of Spencer, Sumner, Mises, Nozick and Rawls as well as Hayek and Mill.

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Acknowledgments

Introduction

1: Forms of Community

2: Mill and Libertarian Liberalism

3: Stephen and Conservative Liberalism

4: Spencer and the Evolution of Moral Society

Notes

5: Sumner: Tradition and Custom in the Social Order

6: Mises and the Triumph of Libertarian Ideas

7: Hayek and the Form of the Liberal Community

Conclusion

Bibliography

Index
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The Development of Economic Thought: Great Economists in Perspective ("Hayek on Menger" begins on p. 226 and "Hayek on Wieser" begins on p. 254)
by Henry William Spiegel. 811 pgs.

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Foreword

Editor's Preface

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The Dawn of Economic Science

Aristotle on Plato

Tawney on Medieval Economic Thought

Heckscher on Mercantilism

Jevons on Cantillon

Einaudi on Galiani

Smith on the Physiocrats

Marx on the Physiocrats

The Classical School

Douglas on Smith

Bonar, Fay, and Keynes on Malthus

Mcculloch on Ricardo

Marshall on Ricardo

Mill on Bentham

Viner on Bentham and Mill

Cairnes on Bastiat

List on Say

Socialists and Reformers

Halévy on Sismondi

Foxwell on Ricardian Socialists

Cole on Owen

Veblen on Marx

Hobson on George

Tawney on the Webbs

Historical and Institutional Approaches

Schmoller on Roscher

Mitchell on Veblen

Perlman on Commons

Burns on Mitchell

The Rise of Marginalism

Schneider on ThÜnen

Fisher on Cournot

Walras on Gossen

Keynes on Jevons

Hayek on Menger

Hayek on Wieser

Schumpeter on Bohm-Bawerk

Hicks on Walras

J. M. Clark on J. B. Clark

INTRODUCTION

The Growth of Modern Economics

Bowley on Edgeworth

Demaria on Pareto

Frisch on Wicksell

Robbins on Wicksteed

Viner on Marshall

Haberler on Schumpeter

Samuelson on Keynes

Colin Clark on Pigou

Index
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Business Fluctuations, Growth, and Economic Stabilization: A Reader (Chap. 24 "Price Expectations, Monetary Disturbances and Maladjustments" by Frederick A. Hayek")
by John J. Clark, Morris Cohen. 682 pgs.

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Part I: Varieties of Business Fluctuations

Introduction

[1]: Mitchell on What Happens During Business Cycles

Editors' Note

[2]: Cycles and Trends In Economic Factors

Editors' Note

Editors' Note

3: The Long Waves In Economic Life

Editors' Note

[4]: The Analysis of Economic Change

[5]: Long Cycles in Residential Construction

Editors' Note

[6]: The Short Cycle in Residential Construction, 1946-59

Editors' Note

References

Editors' Note

[7]: The Nature and Stability Of Inventory Cycles

Editors' Note

[8]: The Cobweb Theorem

For Further Reading

Part Ii: Empirical Analysis Of Business Cycles

Introduction

[9]: American Business Cycles, 1865-79

Editors' Note

[10]: What Caused the Great Depression?

Editors' Note

[11]: Business Cycles in The Interwar Period: The "Quantitative-Historical" Approach

Editors' Note

[12]: The 1957-58 Business Contraction: New Model or Old?

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Part Iii: Business Cycle Theory

Introduction

[13]: The Explanation of the Business Cycle

Editors' Note

Editors' Note

[14]: Business Cycles and The Emergence of the System Of Economic Fluctuations

[15]: Econometric Model Building

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Section A: Underconsumption Theories

Introduction

[16]: The Failure of Consumption

Editors' Note

[17]: A Preliminary Summary Of the General Theory of Employment

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Introduction

Section B: Cumulative Expansion And Contraction: The Multiplier and Accelerator

Editors' Note

[18]: Interactions Between the Multiplier Analysis and the Principle Of Acceleration

Editors' Note

[19]: Hicks on the Trade Cycle

Editors' Note

[20]: Diffusion, Acceleration, And Business Cycles

References

For Further Reading

Section C: Investment Theories

Introduction

Editors' Note

[21]: The Role of Investment

[22]: Investment Behavior And Business Cycles

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Section D: Monetary Theories

Introduction

[23]: The Trade Cycle

Editors' Note

[24]: Price Expectations, Monetary Disturbances And Maladjustments

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Introduction

Section E: Psychological Factors

[25]: The Emotional Factors In Business Decisions

Editors' Note

For Further Reading

Part Iv: Economic Stabilization, Growth, and Inflaton

Introduction

Editors' Note

[26]: Built-In Stabilizers Of Our Economy

27: Postwar Cyclical Experience And Economic Stability

Editors' Note

Editors' Note

[28]: Examining the New "Stagnation" Theory

[29]: Two Views on Basic Economic Questions

Editors' Note

[30]: The Choice and Combination Of Policy Instruments

Editors' Note

[31]: The Goals and Criteria Of Monetary Policy

Editors' Note

Editors' Note

[32]: Expansion and Employment

Editors' Note

[33]: Second Essay in Dynamic Theory

Editors' Note

[34]: What is Economic Growth? And The Costs of Economic Growth

For Further Reading

Bibliography

Index

About the Editors

A Note on the Type
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Was Hayek an ACE?, in Southern Economic Journal
by Nicolaas J. Vriend. 30 pgs.

Journal Article
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Hayek's Monetary Theory and Policy: A Critical Reconstruction, in Journal of Money, Credit & Banking
by Lawrence H. White. 12 pgs.

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Historians of Economics and Economic Thought: The Construction of Disciplinary Memory (Chap. 7 "F.A. Hayek as an Intellectual Historian of Economics")
by Steven G. Medema, Warren J. Samuels. 360 pgs.

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Warren Samuels and Steven Medema are well known and highly respected economists. This collection summarises the work of these key historians of economics and attempts to quantify their impact.

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Introduction

1: The Skills of Freedom

Bibliography

2: Mark Blaug as a Historian of Economic Thought

Bibliography

3: Bob Coats and the Historicizing of Economic Policy

4: Verve and Versatility

5: Maurice Dobb, Historical Materialism, and Economic Thought

6: The Craft of William D. Grampp

7: F.A. Hayek as an Intellectual Historian of Economics

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8: From Adam Smith to John Stuart Mill

9: S. Todd Lowry and Ancient Greek Economic Thought

10: Ronald Meek and the Rehabilitation of Surplus Economics

11: Philip Mirowski as a Historian of Economic Thought

12: Donald E. Moggridge as an Historian of Economic Thought

13: D.P.O’Brien’s Contribution to the History of Economic Analysis

Bibliography

14: Joan Robinson’s Economics

15: Henry William Spiegel

16: Werner Stark and the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to the History of Economics

17: Roy Weintraub’s Contribution to the History of Economics

Bibliography

18: Donald Winch as Intellectual Historian

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