Using Adam Smith's notion of an 'invisible hand', this extraordinary contribution identifies dogmatic versus pragmatic views of free markets. Published posthumously, with new contributions by Rod O'Donnell, Daniel B. Klein and Christopher Torr, this book outlines Mittermaier's main thesis and...

This book considers the relationship between Hayek and Mill, taking issues with Hayek's criticism of Mill and providing a broader perspective of the liberal tradition. Featuring contributions from the likes of Ross Emmett, Leon Montes and Robert Garnett, these chapters ask whether Hayek had an...

This article - designed to give readers unfamiliar with public choice a historical overview and flavor for the kinds of problems considered - is divided into three main sections, "historical origins," the "modern founders of MPE," and a brief description of some "current issues" studied by...

Anläßlich der hundertsten Wiederkehr von Knut Wicksells Werk 'Geldzins- und Güterpreise' (1898) hat sich der Dogmenhistorische Ausschuß des Vereins für Socialpolitik auf seiner 18. Tagung dem bedeutenden Ökonomen gewidmet. Insbesondere die noch immer gültige Modernität der Aussagen...

In dem so geschichtsträchtigen Jahr 1848 erschienen John Stuart Mills 'Principles of Political Economy - with Some of Their Applications to Social Philosophy'. Die 150. Wiederkehr dieses Ereignisses von nachhaltigem Einfluß auf das ökonomische, ja auf das gesellschaftspolitische Denken in...

In this paper the view of humankind and nature upon which the thinking of Malthus is founded will be reflected on and contrasted with the opposed understanding of his contemporary Wordsworth. We show that the economic considerations of both are based decidedly on the premise of these views, and...