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61. Die Verfassung der Freiheit by Friedrich A. von Hayek | |
Paperback: 530
Pages
(1991-01-01)
Isbn: 3161458443 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
62. Prix et production (Perspectives de l'economique) (French Edition) by Friedrich A. von Hayek | |
Unknown Binding: 199
Pages
(1975)
Isbn: 2702100694 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
63. The Reactionary Character of the Socialist Conception (Lecture Ser : No L-107) by Friedrich A. Hayek | |
Paperback:
Pages
(1979-06)
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64. Individualism and economic order: [Essays] by Friedrich A. von Hayek | |
Unknown Binding: 271
Pages
(1948)
Asin: B0007DDZ34 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
65. Hayek, Co-ordination and Evolution: His Legacy in Philosophy, Politics, Economics and the History of Ideas by Jack Birner, Rudy van Zijp | |
Hardcover: 400
Pages
(1994-01-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description 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, Peter Rosner, Jeremy Shearmur, Frank van Dun, Rudy van Zijp, Hans Visser, Ulrich Witt. |
66. Hayek the Economist and Social Philosopher: A Critical Retrospect | |
Hardcover: 352
Pages
(1997-12-15)
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Keynes and Hayek talked to each other,but didn't listen |
67. Rent Control: Myths and Realities--International Evidence of the Effects of Rent Control in Six Countries by Walter Block | |
Library Binding: 335
Pages
(1981-03)
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68. The Austrian Theory of the Trade Cycle and Other Essays. Richard M. Ebeling, Editor by Ludwig, Gottfried Haberler, Murray N. Rothbard [And] Friedrich A. Hayek Von Mises | |
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(1978-01-01)
Asin: B003NYBSG0 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
69. The Hayek-Keynes Debate-Lessons for Current Business Cycle Research: Lessons for Current Business Cycle Research (Mellen Studies in Economics, 2) by John Paul Cochran, Fred R. Glahe | |
Hardcover: 221
Pages
(1999-09)
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1.5 stars-Neither Cochran nor Glahe have any idea about what Keynes 's theory entails |
70. The counter-revolution of science;: Studies on the abuse of reason by Friedrich A. von Hayek | |
Hardcover: 255
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(1952)
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A work of genius
Hayek on the Sciences
Understanding the Limits of Reason
To overlook the problems doesn't mean to face them!
The fallacy of misplaced concreteness (A.N. Whitehead) |
71. Individualism and economic order by Friedrich A. von Hayek | |
Paperback: 272
Pages
(1977)
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Editorial Review Product Description F. A. Hayek, recipient of the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974, taught at the University of Chicago, the University of London, and the University of Freiburg. Among his other works published by the University of Chicago Press is The Road to Serfdom, now available in a special fiftieth anniversary edition. Customer Reviews (4)
Hayek's best and quintessential work
Different Essays, Similar Themes Chapter four (The Use of Knowledge in Society) is another classic. Hayek contends that the economic problem is really one how to make use of fragmented and widely dispersed data. As he indicated in chapter two, full knowledge of economic conditions reduces the economic problem to one of pure logic. Markets increase our ability to take advantage of division of labor and capital formation by extending the span of our utilization of resources beyond the span of any individual mind. The price system in markets does this by acting as a communications network. We can then each dispense with the need for conscious control over resources and rely on our own intimate knowledge of local economic conditions, and price information regarding general economic conditions. This proves that decentralized competitive systems will vastly outperform centrally planned systems. Chapter five looks at the process of competition. Data regarding the least cost methods of satisfying consumer demand comes through the process of competition. The notion of competition as an end state, where we have attained perfect resource allocation, overlooks the importance of the actual processes by which market participants actually compete. Competition is a process of forming opinions and spreading information. It informs us regarding which alternatives are best and cheapest. Those who judge actual market outcomes with theoretical models that assume perfect information are putting the cart before the horse. Competition is the only means by which we can each acquire data on general economic conditions. Governmental bureaucrats do not simply know what the final outcomes of competition are supposed to be. This data is particular to the process of competition itself. We should therefore be wary of those who complain that markets do not deliver perfect competition based on perfect information. Markets are our best source on the data in question, albeit an imperfect one. In chapter seven Hayek lays out the arguments that some make in favor of Socialism. Some claim that greater equality in incomes is worth the loss of efficiency that is inherent to Socialism. Others want to maintain some degree of free choice- consumer and occupational choice. Yet others want to restrict even these areas of personal choice. Socialists face a problem in trying to show how socialist planners could plan production in terms of satisfying consumer desires, without market prices. The labor theory of value did not explain actual behavior, but was instead an "a search after some illusory substance of value. Since we lack objective measures of the importance of the needs of different individuals, central planners face "a task which far exceeds the powers of individual men". In chapter eight Hayek points to specific informational problems that Socialist planners face. Of course, he deals with information in earlier chapters. But this chapter leads into the next. Chapter nine deals with proposals to simulate market competition under socialism. Hayek mentions that even if central planners have full knowledge of economic conditions, the calculations concerning the allocation of all resources is too difficult to perform. After dealing with the absurd notion of full information, Hayek turns to three issues. First, Socialists once aimed at overcoming the results of markets. Now they accept the results of market competition as a standard to aim at. Second, an omniscient and omnipresent dictator would also require omnipotence to plan an economy using their omniscience. Even if they had omniscience, the central planners would still have to work through an imperfect bureaucracy. So the notion of omnipotence is absurd. We must look at the actual bureaucratic problems that planners will face. Third, Perhaps, in a world of unchanging data Socialist planners could arrive at efficient prices for the means of production through trial and error. But, with changing data, the plans of the authority will never match the decisions of the 'man on the spot'. Hayek discusses incentive problems and knowledge problems at length, and also mentions the potential for abuse by concentrating power into the hands a few. This is the subject of his book "The Road to Serfdom". The other chapters are not what I would call classics, but are generally of a high quality. Chapter eleven deals with an aspect of trade cycle theory. Chapter six (Free Enterprise and Competitive Order) deals with the limits of market and government and the influence of ideas. This is not Hayek's best effort in explaining these matters. Chapter one (Individualism, True and False) is much better. It discusses the drive to control individual action based on alleged notions of reason. True individualism requires humility towards the processes by which societal order emerges, not as a result of deliberate planning by any particular individual, but as an unintended consequence of self-serving individual interaction. These are ideas that far too few appreciate. This book is key to understanding the way Hayek thought about social problems in general. The chapters might seem disjointed in the table of contents, but they have much in common. Anyone serious about understanding how society works should read this book, especially if they tend to disagree with the author's pro free market stance. Hayek is one of the worthiest opponents that Socialists face, and this book is one of his best.
One essay towers above the rest ...
Interesting analysis of Individual behavior on the economy |
72. Probleme einer Privatgeldordnung: Eine Auseinandersetzung mit den Vorstellungen F.A. von Hayeks zur Entnationalisierung des Geldes (German Edition) by Gerhard Honeck | |
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(1985)
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73. Hayek: His Contribution to the Political and Economic Thought of Our Time by Eamonn Butler | |
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(1985-04)
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Hayek Was No Lover of Laissez-Faire
Excellent introduction to Hayek |
74. Hayek's Liberalism and Its Origins: His Idea of Spontaneous Order and the Scottish Enlightenment (Routledge Studies in Social and Political Thought) by Christina Petsoulas | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2001-03-20)
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75. The Cambridge Companion to Hayek (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy) | |
Hardcover: 364
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(2006-12-25)
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Hayek never provided a technical account of how uncertainty impacts the capitalist process. |
76. Hayek's serfdom revisited: Essays by economists, philosophers, and political scientists on The road to serfdom after 40 years (CIS readings) | |
Paperback: 105
Pages
(1985)
Isbn: 0949769223 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
77. The Self, the Individual, and the Community: Liberalism in the Political Thought of F.A. Hayekand Sidney and Beatrice Webb by Brian Lee Crowley | |
Hardcover: 320
Pages
(1987-12-10)
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78. Essays on Hayek by William F., Jr. Buckley | |
Hardcover: 182
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(1976-12-01)
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79. De visie van Hayek: Een pleidooi voor persoonlijke vrijheid (Dutch Edition) by Inez Kotterman-van de Vosse | |
Paperback: 431
Pages
(1994)
Isbn: 9027140766 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
80. Konjunktur, Erwartungen und spontane Ordnung: Eine Interpretation der Arbeiten Hayeks unter Berucksichtigung interdisziplinarer Forschungsergebnisse (European ... Economics and management) (German Edition) by Siegfried Utzig | |
Unknown Binding: 344
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(1987)
Isbn: 3820410643 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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