Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part II, Austria, America and the Rise of Hitler, 1899-1933 (Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics)

Résumé : A group of leading scholars from around the world use archival material alongside Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective on the life and times of one the 20th Century's most influential economists. This much awaited second volume details the life of Hayek from 1899 to1933 covering Hayek's time in Austria and the USA. F.A. Hayek (1899-1992) was a Nobel Prize-winning economist, famous for his defence of 'classical liberalism'. In this second volume of Hayek : A Collaborative Biography archival material is juxtaposed with Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective to the life and times of one the of 20th century's most influential economists. This study examines Hayek's life from 1899 to 1933, covering his time in Austria, the influence of the 'Psychology School', his first trip to the USA, 1923-1924, his arrival at the London School of Economics and his early encounters with John Maynard Keynes. Meanwhile in the background lurked the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler. For rhetorical purposes, Keynes challenged attacked Pigou and 'classical economics'; and Hayek challenged attacked Pigou while invoking the authority of 'classical liberalism'. Why did Hayek also defend the 'civilisation' of apartheid against the 'fashion' of 'human rights'? The archival evidence reveals that Hayek's 'Great Society of Free Men' was consistent with neo-feudalism : serfdom, slavery and domestic servitude Résumé : A group of leading scholars from around the world use archival material alongside Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective on the life and times of one the 20th Century's most influential economists. This much awaited second volume details the life of Hayek from 1899 to1933 covering Hayek's time in Austria and the USA. F.A. Hayek (1899-1992) was a Nobel Prize-winning economist, famous for his defence of 'classical liberalism'. In this second volume of Hayek : A Collaborative Biography archival material is juxtaposed with Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective to the life and times of one the of 20th century's most influential economists. This study examines Hayek's life from 1899 to 1933, covering his time in Austria, the influence of the 'Psychology School', his first trip to the USA, 1923-1924, his arrival at the London School of Economics and his early encounters with John Maynard Keynes. Meanwhile in the background lurked the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler. For rhetorical purposes, Keynes challenged attacked Pigou and 'classical economics'; and Hayek challenged attacked Pigou while invoking the authority of 'classical liberalism'. Why did Hayek also defend the 'civilisation' of apartheid against the 'fashion' of 'human rights'? The archival evidence reveals that Hayek's 'Great Society of Free Men' was consistent with neo-feudalism : serfdom, slavery and domestic servitude Front Matter....Pages i-vi Introduction....Pages 1-40 Hayek, Heroism and Hagiography....Pages 41-55 Interpreting Hayek: Austrian Civilization and the Neo-Feudal ‘Spontaneous’ Order....Pages 56-140 History of Anti-Free Market Policies in South Africa....Pages 141-158 A Young Man in Vienna — Life in Early 20th-Century Austria and Its Possible Impact on the Initial Development of Hayek’s Thought....Pages 159-177 Families, Geistkreis and New York....Pages 178-213 Trusts, Anti-Trusts, and Consumer and Producer Sovereignty....Pages 214-255 Recruiting Hayek to the LSE and the Reform Club: Why Not Mises?....Pages 256-283 Back Matter....Pages 285-298 This is the first collaborative biography of Hayek. Some of the world's most distinguished scholars will integrate the archival evidence with Hayek's published writings to illuminate the process by which Hayek changed the direction of world history.