Hayek on Hayek: An Autobiographical Dialogue

by F. A. Hayek, Stephen Kresge, Leif Wenar

Overview

This volume gives readers insight into F. A. Hayek’s life and ideas. This detailed chronology depicts Hayek’s early life and education, his intellectual progress, and the academic and public reception of his ideas through a series of oral history interviews. Hayek’s own autobiographical notes are included.

F. A. Hayek (1899–1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and one of the principal proponents of classical liberal thought in the twentieth century. He taught at the London School of Economics, the Universityof Chicago, and the Universityof Freiburg.

Stephen Kresge was the general editor of The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek until his retirement in 2002.

Leif Wenar is Chair of Ethics at King’s College London.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865977402
Publisher:	Liberty Fund, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/21/2008
Series:	The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek
Pages:	177
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

F. A. Hayek (1899-1992), recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, was a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism  in the twentieth century. He taught at the University of London, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg.

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword
Introduction
1. Vienna-New York-Vienna
2. London
3. A Parting in the Road
4. Chicago-Freiburg
Publications and Letters Mentioned in Text
Index of Persons and Places

Editorial Reviews

Austrian economist Friedrich A. von Hayek (1899-1992) wrote autobiographical notes for several years beginning in 1945. These are combined with excerpts from interviews, and the transcript of a 1945 radio broadcast as a way of letting him tell about his own life and intellectual development. The arrangement is chronological. The volume supplements his collected works, published by the University of Chicago Press.

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February 2009

From the Publisher

Champion of a free-market economy as a prerequisite to a free society, Friedrich August von Hayek (1899-1992) fought a losing battle against the centralizing policies of John Maynard Keynes. Nevertheless, the Vienna-born libertarian economist and political philosopher, who moved to London in 1931 and taught at the University of Chicago from 1950 to 1962, saw some of his ideas vindicated by the collapse of communism. Hayek's tough-minded approach to welfare reform and his belief that private enterprises should be allowed to compete with government make his views timely. In this feisty self-portrait, splicing autobiographical sketches and selected interviews, the 1974 Nobel Prize winner settles scores with Keynes and Harold Laski, discusses his affinity for his adopted country, Britain, and delves into monetary policy. Kresge is general editor of Hayek's collected works; Wenar is a Ph.D. candidate at Harvard. (May)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Economist, social and political theorist, and intellectual historian, Hayek has condemned state control of economies and societies throughout his 60-year career. Best known for his popular book, The Road to Serfdom (1945), which denounced central planning, Hayek was also a pioneer in monetary theory and a principal proponent of the libertarian philosophy. Ignored by many economists during the post- World War II era when Keynesianism was the dominant intellectual force, Hayek finally came into his own again in 1974 when he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics. His life and views are depicted in a series of oral history interviews and in Hayek's own autobiographical notes. Recommended for large academic libraries.- Harry Frumerman, formerly with Hunter Coll., CUNY

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