Hayek: A Collaborative Biography: Part XII: Liberalism in the Classical Tradition, Austrian versus British (Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics)

Annotation F.A. von Hayek (1899-1992) was a Nobel Prize winning economist, famous for promoting an Austrian version of classical liberalism. The multi-volume Hayek: A Collaborative Biography examines the evolution of his life and influence. Two concepts of civilization revolve around power - should it be separated or concentrated? Liberalism in the non-Austrian classical tradition remains fearful of power concentrated in the hands of government, labour unions or corporations; Red Terrorists sought to monopolize power to liquidate enemies and competitors as a prelude to utopia (the 'withering away of the State'); and behind the 'slogan of liberty, ' White Terror promoters (Mises and Hayek) sought to concentrate power in the hands of a 'dictatorial democracy' where henchmen would liquidate enemies, and - 'guided' by 'utopia' (the 'spontaneous' order) - follow orders from their social superiors. This volume, Part XII, examines the 'free' market Use of Knowledge in Society; examines the foundations of 'free' market educational credentials; and asks whether those funded by the tobacco industry and the carbon lobby should be accorded 'independent policy expert' status Contents Dramatis Persona Part I Two Competing Neoclassical Traditions Chapter 1 ‘Austrian Thought and Fascism’: ‘The Victory of Fascism in a Number of Countries Is Only an Episode in the Long Series of Struggles Over the Problem of Property’ 1.1 Hypothesis to Be Tested 1.2 Second Generation ‘Austrian Thought and Fascism’ 1.3 Third Generation ‘Austrian Thought and Fascism’ 1.4 Fourth Generation ‘Austrian Thought and Fascism’ 1.5 Fully Funded Epigones 1.6 Volume Overview 1.6.1 Part One 1.6.2 Part Two References Chapter 2 ‘Persuade the Intellectuals in the Hopes that Ultimately They Could Be Converted and Transmit My Ideas to the Public at Large’ References Chapter 3 Hayek and Aristocratic Influence 3.1 Hayek’s Clubs 3.2 Entitlement History 3.3 Hayek and Early Reform Club History 3.4 Hayek and Later Reform Club History 3.5 Hayek’s Intersecting Clubs 3.6 The Road to Divorce 3.7 The Nobel Consequences of Rule XXX? References Chapter 4 Pigouvian Market Failure 4.1 London and Cambridge ‘Opinion’ 4.2 Free Trade and the Reform Club 4.3 A 1905 Diary? References Part II Seeing the Utopian ‘Theory of the Order as a Whole’ to ‘Make Politically Possible What Today may be Politically Impossible’ Chapter 5 Britain, White Supremacism and the ‘International Right’ References Chapter 6 The ‘Free’ Market ‘Emergency’ Demand for ‘Fascism’ 6.1 ‘Democracy Needs a “Good Cleaning” by Strong Government’ References Chapter 7 ‘[Italian] Fascism’ References Chapter 8 Austrian ‘Instincts,’ Serfdom, and Spanish and Portuguese ‘Fascism’ References Bibliography Index "Fifteen scholars have collaborated to provide a comprehensive analysis of the life and work of one of the most influential economists of all time. The authors include the Official Historian of the Reserve Bank of Australia (Selwyn Cornish), the Director of the von Mises Institute (Douglas French), Hayek's second General Editor (Stephen Kresge), the founder of est (Werner Erhard), plus seven Professors - of Economics (David Laidler, Viktor Vanberg and Robert Leeson), Economic History (Avner Offer and Jan-Otmar Hesse), Politics (Melissa Lane) and Social Policy (Nils Goldschmidt). The Universities represented include Stanford, Princeton, Oxford, Bielefeld, Western Ontario, Uppsala and Freiburg. This is the first time that such a distinguished collection of scholars--from a variety of perspectives--have attempted to integrate Hayek's life, work and influence on world history with the archival evidence."-- Provided by publisher