Great political and philosophical debates regarding the problematic results of central planning in the 20th century are presented in this collection of essays from classical liberal thinkers such as Adam Smith, John Locke, and modern liberals of various persuasions. After discussing such issues...

Machine generated contents note: -- Part I. Varieties of Liberalism and the early welfare state: UK, Germany, and Japan -- 1. Liberalism and the welfare state in Britain, 1880-1945 -- Roger Backhouse, Bradley Bateman, and Tamotsu Nishizawa -- 2. New liberalism to the new right: economists and...