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- A fresh look at the life and works of Hayek
- Extensive use of archival material
- An in-depth look on how economic theory is conceived
Part of the book series: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics (AIEE)
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Hayek believed in ‘democracy as a system of peaceful change of government; but that’s all its whole advantage is, no other.’ He felt democracy simply made it possible to get rid of the government ‘we’ dislike. Hayek bemoaned the decay of superstition — the ‘supporting moral beliefs’ – that are required to maintain ‘our’ civilization. Yet his Road to Serfdom neglected ‘another road to serfdom’ – the possibility that there were multiple threats to individual freedom –not just State power. In contrast, many other scholars and public intellectual warned of the dangers of the concentration of power in institutions other than the State. Today those fears have materialized in the guise of wealthy mega-corporations and billionaires whose influence on government, on elections, on popular culture and on the dominant ideology, have been able to change the rules of the market in their favour – so that ‘we’ have now become trapped in a new kind of serfdom. With contributions from a range of highly regarded scholars, this volume continues the Biography’s rich exploration of Hayek’s work and beliefs.
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Book Title: Hayek: A Collaborative Biography
Book Subtitle: Part XIV: Liberalism in the Classical Tradition: Orwell, Popper, Humboldt and Polanyi
Editors: Robert Leeson
Series Title: Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94412-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94411-1Published: 31 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06847-9Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94412-8Published: 22 August 2018
Series ISSN: 2662-6195
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6209
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 396
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Economic Thought/Methodology, Economic Policy