Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas

by Birner; Jack

• ISBN13: 9780415093972
• ISBN10: 041509397X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781134869640
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1994-01-25
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Recent years have witnessed a remarkable revival in Hayek's reputation as an economist, a political philosopher, and an intellectual historian.Hayek, Coordination and Evolutionshows why this revival has taken place by demonstrating the continuing relevance and vitality of Hayek's ideas. Internationally renowned scholars representing both the left and the right critically assess Hayek's contribution to economics, political philosophy, legal theory, cognitive psychology, and the history of ideas. Challenging mainstream traditions in all these fields, this controversial work provides a unique analysis of the ways that Hayek's legacy can help to solve problems in the contemporary social sciences and philosophy. Contributors:Norman Barry, Marina Bianchi, Jack Birner, Meghnad Desai, Robert P. de Vries, Harry Garretsen, Roger W. Garrison, Willem Keizer, Inez Kotterman-van de Vosse, Karl Milford, D. P. O'Brien, Gerald P. O'Driscoll, Jr., Raymond Plant, Nikolas H. M. Roos, PeterRosner, Jeremy Shearmur, Frank van Dun, Rudy van Zijp, Hans Visser, Ulrich Witt.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Theory and Practice of Economic Co-Ordination	p. 23
Equilibrium, Expectations and Knowledge	p. 25
Is Hayek's Theory of Business Cycles an Austrian Theory?	p. 51
Mathematical Formalization and the Domain of Economics	p. 67
The Relevance of Hayek for Mainstream Economics	p. 94
Hayekian Triangles and Beyond	p. 109
An Evolutionary Approach to Banking and Money	p. 126
Incentives and the Stability of Spontaneous Order	p. 139
The Road to Freedom	p. 141
Hayek on Social Justice	p. 164
The Theory of Societal Evolution	p. 178
Hayek and the Case for Markets	p. 190
Hayek's Critique of Socialism	p. 207
Hayek's Spontaneous Order	p. 232
Law and Social Order	p. 253
Hayek on the Rule of Law	p. 255
Hayek and Natural Law	p. 269
Hayek's Kantian Heritage and Natural Law	p. 287
Mind, Knowledge and Science	p. 309
The Place of Hayek's Theory of Mind and Perception in the History of Philosophy and Psychology	p. 311
In Pursuit of Rationality	p. 323
Ideas of the Past	p. 341
	p. 343
Name Index	p. 375
Subject Index	p. 380
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