Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part V, Hayek'S Great Society Of Free Men (Archival Insights Into The Evolution Of Economics)

F.A. von Hayek (1899-1992), who's Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences appears to have been awarded, in part, for a job-interview assertion for which – after eight decades – no evidence has emerged, was famous for promoting the Austrian version of classical liberalism. This fifth biographical volume examines the hypothesis that Hayek's promotion of the Great Society of Free Men was consistent with his behavioural postulate: amoral self-interest. His Constitution of Liberty promoted those with inter-generational entitlements as the true defenders of 'civilisation' and 'property' - an Austrian School of Economics vision of society dominated by the wealthy. According to Hayek, labour unions were enemies of his 'spontaneous' order: yet unions evolved spontaneously. This archival series also provides an opportunity for reflection, correction and elaboration: two chapters responses to material contained in Part I of Hayek: A Collaborative Biography.

• | Author: Robert Leeson
• | Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• | Publication Date: Mar 17, 2015
• | Number of Pages: 269 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1137478233
• | ISBN-13: 9781137478238