Individualism and the Economic Order

Author: F.A. von Hayek
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Publication Date: 2003-01-01
Features: In the preface to this collection, Hayek discusses the content of the essays as follows: "At first glance, the topics addressed in the essays collected in this volume may appear unrelated. However, I hope the reader will soon realize that most of the essays actually discuss closely related issues. Indeed, these essays cover a wide range of subjects, ranging from problems in moral philosophy to issues in the methodology of social science research; from questions of economic policy to pure economic theory. It should be noted, however, that in most of the essays, I treat the aforementioned issues as different aspects of the same core problem." This book includes over ten articles such as "The Meaning of Competition," "The Monetary Reserve of Commodities," and "The Economic Conditions for Interstate Federalism," covering topics such as moral philosophy, the methodology of social science, economic policy, and economic theory.