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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816853203321

Autore

Tebble A. J.

Titolo

F. A. Hayek / / A. J. Tebble

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Continuum, , 2010

ISBN

1-62356-604-5

1-5013-0143-8

1-283-20560-2

9786613205605

1-4411-3658-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Collana

Major conservative and libertarian thinkers ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

320.51/2092

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Hayek's Life and Times -- 2. Epistemology and Social Theory -- 3. Economics, the State and Social Justice -- 4. Political and Legal Theory -- 5. Democracy and the Model Constitution -- 6. Reception, Influence and Contemporary Relevance -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992), winner of the Nobel Prize in economics, was an influential economist and political philosopher. The increased attention he received in the late 20th century with the rise of conservatism in the US and UK, led him to publish "Why I Am Not a Conservative," an essay in which he berated conservatism. He preferred to be identified as what Edmund Burke called an "Old Whig." Amongst his most important contributions are his writings on general equilibrium, central planning and social justice as well as his political theory work, The Constitution of Liberty, in which he explained the proper role of the government."--Bloomsbury Publishing.