Verlagsinfo: "Few twentieth-century figures have been lionized and vilified in such equal measure as Friedrich Hayek-economist, social theorist, leader of the Austrian school of economics, and champion of classical liberalism. Hayek's erudite arguments in support of individualism and the market...

Editor's IntroductionEditorial Foreword1. Liberalism2. The Transmission of the Ideals of Economic Freedom3. The Prospects of Freedom4. The Webbs and Their Work5. Closing Speech to the 1984 Mont Pèlerin Society Meeting6. 'Free' Enterprise and Competitive Order7. The Economic Conditions of...

The rhetoric of positivism had a profound effect on the worldview and practice of economists in the middle of the last century. Though this influence has greatly diminished, it still may be found in the attitude of many economists towards the history of their discipline. This paper traces the...