Capitalism and Historians

Author: F.A. Hayek (English), translated by Feng Shou
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: The first three articles in this book were originally submitted as papers to a conference attended by economists, historians, and social scientists to discuss how to resist totalitarian threats and maintain free societies. Such conferences have been held annually in recent years. One of the topics discussed at the Mont Pelerin Society Conference in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in September 1951 was how historians addressed capitalism. Textbooks worldwide have taught generations of students that the Industrial Revolution in Britain brought untold suffering. Strangely, during the Industrial Revolution, the population of Britain rapidly increased, and life expectancy also significantly rose. Is what historians tell us the truth? This book, edited by the leading figure of Western neoliberalism, F.A. Hayek, re-examines the antagonism between Western historians and industrial civilization through his own perspective and explores the impact of anti-market and anti-developmentism trends on Western historiography.