| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 392 pages) |
| Contents |
Lao Tzu's naturalistic metaphysics, ethics, and politics -- Aristotle and human flourishing -- Aristotle and economics -- Epicurus on freedom and happiness -- Thomas Aquinas's Christian Aristotelianism -- Spinoza on freedom, ethics, and politics -- John Locke's limited state -- Turgot on progress and political economy -- Adam Smith's moral and economic system -- Jean-Baptiste Say's law of markets : a fundamental, conceptual integration -- Herbert Spencer on liberty and human progress -- Carl Menger's economics of well-being -- Ludwig von Mises on human action -- Ayn Rand's philosophy of objectivism -- Murray Rothbard's Randian Austrianism -- The road to objective economics : Hayek takes a wrong turn -- Milton Friedman's pragmatic and incremental libertarianism -- Mises, Friedman, and Rand : a methodological comparison -- James M. Buchanan : constitutional and post-constitutional political economy -- Robert Nozick's libertarian framework for utopias -- Reality is not optional : Thomas Sowell's vision of man and society -- Michael Novak's vision of democratic capitalism -- Revisiting the intellectual heritage of a free society -- Developing a paradigm for a free society |
| Summary |
This book is written for individuals who want to learn about the philosophical foundations of political and economic freedom. It is an introduction and a guide to the principal theoretical ideas on liberty produced by the most influential and creative thinkers in history, with chapters on Adam Smith, Ludwig von Mises, and Carl Menger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Capitalism -- Philosophy
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Free enterprise -- Philosophy
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Economics -- Philosophy
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Reference.
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Capitalism -- Philosophy
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Economics -- Philosophy
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Free enterprise -- Philosophy
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Kapitalismus
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Marktwirtschaft
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Wirtschaftsphilosophie
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Kapitalismus.
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Dogmengeschichte.
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Wirtschaftsphilosophie.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780739130537 |
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0739130536 |
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1299785875 |
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9781299785878 |
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