The Essence of Hayek

The 21 essays in this book provide an overview of the contributions of Nobel laureate and Hoover Institution Honorary Fellow Friedrich A. von Hayek to the fields of economics, political theory, history, and philosophy. Long known as one of the twentieth century's strongest defenders of the free market and the liberal economic and social order, Hayek, as the selections in this book make clear, bases his defense on a rigorous philosophical analysis. The growing acceptance of his thought testifies, in turn, to the rigor and cogency of his arguments. Book jacket.

Chiaki Nishiyama is professor of economics at Rikkyo University in Tokyo and a Senior Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. Kurt R. Leube is a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution and additionally is a guest professor at several leading European and South American universities and serves as academic director of the European Center of Austrian Economics Foundation, based in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Educated in Germany and Austria, he is internationally recognized as one of the closest disciples of the late F. A. von Hayek (Nobel Prize 1974).