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Autore |
Leeson Robert |
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Hayek: A Collaborative Biography : Part XI: Orwellian Rectifiers, Mises' 'Evil Seed' of Christianity and the 'Free' Market Welfare State / / by Robert Leeson |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2018 |
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[1st ed. 2018.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (550 pages) |
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Collana |
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Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics, , 2662-6209 |
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Soggetti |
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Economics - History |
Social choice |
Welfare economics |
History of Economic Thought and Methodology |
Social Choice and Welfare |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1.Orwellian Rectifiers and the 'Free' Market Welfare State -- 2.The Economic Consequences of Blind Faith -- 3.The Politicization of Academia -- 4.'Financial Considerations' and the 'Free' Academic Market -- 5.'Consistent Doctrine', 'The Morals of the Market', and the 'Filthy Load of Pinks' -- 6.The Fall of Left Utopia and the Rise of 'Free' Market Euphoria -- 7.'Intellectual Orgies' and 'the "Non-Concept" of Education -- 8.Mises' 'Evil Seed' of Christianity -- 9.'German Villains and Austrian Victims' -- 10.Who Lies Behind the 'Free' Market? |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Funded by the tobacco and fossil fuel industries, the Mises- and Hayek-inspired 'free' market has adopted 'The Slogan of Liberty' - but should their faith-based assertions be accorded the same epistemological status as a science? If Austrian economics is a branch of divinely revealed 'knowledge' - as the epigone Godfather, Hans Sennholz, insists - what validity do its policy recommendations have? Should those who falsely claim to have PhDs be tax-funded as 'Post-Doctoral Fellows' and 'Professors'? This volume examines the |
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