Hayek: A Collaborative Biography Part II,

In this second volume of Hayek: A Collaborative Biography archival material is juxtaposed with Hayek's published work to bring a new perspective to the life and times of one of the 20th century's most influential economists. This study examines Hayek's life from 1899 to 1933, covering his time in Austria, the influence of the 'Psychology School', his first trip to the USA, 1923–1924, his arrival at the London School of Economics and his early encounters with John Maynard Keynes. Meanwhile in the background lurked the Great Depression and the rise of Hitler.

For rhetorical purposes, Keynes challenged attacked Pigou and 'classical economics'; and Hayek challenged attacked Pigou while invoking the authority of 'classical liberalism'. Why did Hayek also defend the 'civilisation' of apartheid against the 'fashion' of 'human rights'? The archival evidence reveals that Hayek's 'Great Society of Free Men' was consistent with neo-feudalism: serfdom, slavery and domestic servitude.

Robert Leeson has published numerous articles in top class journals (such as the Economic Journal, Economica and History of Political Economy). In addition to writing and editing thirteen books, he is the co-editor (with Charles Palm) of The Collected Writings of Milton Friedman. He has been Visiting Professor of Economics at Stanford University, USA since 2005, National Fellow and Visiting Scholar at the Hoover Institution since 1995 and Adjunct Professor at Notre Dame Australia University since 2008. He has held other visiting positions at Cambridge University, the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara University and the University of Western Ontario.

1. Introduction; Robert Leeson
2. Interpreting Hayek: Heroism and Hagiography; Robert Leeson
3. A Young Man in Vienna - Life in Early 20th Century Austria and its Possible Impact on the Initial Development of Hayek's Thought; Robert Scharrenborg
4. Families, Geistkreist and New York; Robert Leeson
5. Jenks and American Economics; Robert Leeson
6. The 'Psychology School': Freudo-Austrians or Behavioural Economics?; Robert Leeson
7. Hayek and Machlup: Filation of Ideas and Ambition; Carol Connell
8. Hayek, Felix Somary and the Hapsburgs; Wolfgang Somary

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Hayek: A Collaborative Biography Part II, Austria, America and the Rise of Hitler, 1899-1933

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