The Constitution of Liberty
Working after the war, Hayek's writing was very much against the tide of mainstream Keynesian economic thought. But in the 1970s and 1980s - the eras of Thatcherism and Reaganomics - he was championed as a prophet of neo-liberalism by those who were seeking to revolutionize the post-war social consensus. The Constitution of Liberty is crucial reading for all those seeking to understand ideas that have become the orthodoxy in the age of the globalized economy
1 online resource (513 pages).
9781315832081, 1315832089
1058964407
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION TO THE ROUTLEDGE CLASSICS EDITION
Introduction
PART I The Value of Freedom
1 Liberty and liberties
2 The creative powers of a free civilization
3 The common sense of progress
4 Freedom, reason, and tradition
5 Responsibility and freedom
6 Equality, value, and merit
7 Majority rule
8 Employment and independence
PART II Freedom and the Law
9 Coercion and the state
10 Law, commands, and order
11 The origins of the rule of law
12 The American contribution: constitutionalism
13 Liberalism and administration: the Rechtsstaat
14 The safeguards of individual liberty
15 Economic policy and the rule of law
16 The decline of the law
PART III Freedom in the Welfare State
17 The decline of socialism and the rise of the welfare state
18 Labor unions and employment
19 Social security
20 Taxation and redistribution
21 The monetary framework
22 Housing and town planning
23 Agriculture and natural resources
24 Education and research
Postscript
Postscript: Why I am not a conservative
Acknowledgments and notes
Acknowledgments and notes
Analytical Table of Contents
Analytical Table of Contents
Indexes
Index of authors quoted
Index of subjects
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