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Record Nr.

UNINA9910141037303321

Autore

Farrant Andrew

Titolo

Hayek, Mill and the liberal tradition / / edited by Andrew Farrant

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2011

ISBN

9786613042125

9781136853357

1136853359

9781136853364

1136853367

9781283042123

1283042126

9780203834992

0203834992

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Routledge studies in the history of economics

Classificazione

BUS000000BUS023000BUS069000

Altri autori (Persone)

FarrantAndrew

Disciplina

330.0922

330.15

Soggetti

Liberalism

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: Hayek and the liberal tradition?; 1 Is Friedrich Hayek rowing Adam Smith's boat?; 2 F. A. Hayek's sympathetic agents; 3 Discussion and the evolution of institutions in a liberal democracy: Frank Knight joins the debate; Part II: Pushing the boundaries of the liberal tradition?; 4 A renovated social fabric: Mill, Hayek, and the problem of institutional change?; 5 A socialist spontaneous order; 6 Hayek and philanthropy: A classical liberal road not (yet) taken; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an accurate reading of the ideas of Mill and



Smith, as well as considering themes such as sympathy and analytical egalitarianism that play a large part in the liberal tradition, but less in work of Hayek These chapters argue that addition of these key ideas to the Hayekian corpus leads to a far broader u