Ideology and Utopia in the Social Philosophy of the Libertarian Economists

by Rick Tilman

Challenging the libertarians' definition of freedom and democracy, this study portrays the social philosophy of Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, Friedrich Hayek, and George Stigler as the bulwark of an attack on welfare and regulatory state collectivism and as undermining majoritarian democracy, political and civil liberties, and social equality. The book opens with Frank Knight's doctrines and their impact on the Chicago laissez...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313315582
• ISBN13: 9780313315589
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.5"