Caldwell, Bruce and Hansjoerg Klausinger. Hayek: A Life 1899–1950; Yadav, Vikash. Liberalism's Last Man: Hayek in the Age of Political Capitalism
Journal of Economic Literature
2025
Ola Innset of BI Norwegian Business School Oslo reviews “Hayek: A Life 1899–1950” by Bruce Caldwell and Hansjoerg Klausinger and “Liberalism’s Last Man: Hayek in the Age of Political Capitalism” by Vikesh Yadav. The Econlit abstract of these books begin: “Discusses the life of Friedrich Hayek from his birth in 1899 through his move from the London School of Economics to the University of Chicago in 1950, outlining his intellectual contributions and the context in which he developed his ideas.” And “Presents a close reading of Friedrich Hayek's ‘The Road to Serfdom’ (1944), promoting an argument in favor of a revival of liberalism in the twenty-first century.”
- DOI
- 10.1257/jel.63.1.306.r3
- Volume
- 63 (1)
- Pages
- 311-313
- Language
- en
- Export
- BibTeX
- Sources
- openalex crossref