May 9, 2011

Sidney Hook’s 1960 Review of Hayek’s “The Constitution of Liberty”

Michael Giberson Francis Fukuyama’s review of the new edition of F. A. Hayek’s “The Constitution of Liberty” has prompted a small eruption of commentary in the econoblogosphere.  (See here and here, for example.) I thought there might be some interest in Sidney Hook’s review of the original edition of “The Constitution of Liberty,” published in the …

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Hayek’s Birthday, Hayek’s Week, Hayek’s Century

Lynne Kiesling Yesterday was F.A. Hayek’s 112th birthday, and as Hayek’s work inspired the name of this blog, and continues to inspire my work every day, I encourage you all to celebrate this anniversary by reading (or re-reading, I hope!) his seminal Use of Knowledge in Society (1945): The peculiar character of the problem of …

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Fukuyama Reviews New Edition of Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty

Michael Giberson The Sunday New York Times Book Review carried a review by Francis Fukuyama of the new edition of Hayek’s The Constitution of Liberty. The review does Hayek the favor of distinguishing his views from those of a certain recent talk-radio enthusiast. Fukuyama noted that Hayek’s views are more complex than they are usually …

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