Books by Naomi Beck
“From the 1940s onwards, he became more and more dependent on evolution to explain why society must become more deferential to the market over time. The curiosity here is that when he makes this move, he’s contradicting his own mid-century position, that the natural scientists are always the culprits. Now, instead, he’s going to want his own version of science to justify why we have to have the kind of politics that he advocates.” Read more...
The best books on Friedrich Hayek
Philip Mirowski, Economist
Interviews where books by Naomi Beck were recommended
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Reinventing Liberalism: The Politics, Philosophy and Economics of Early Neoliberalism (1920-1947)
by Ola Innset -
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Hayek: A Life, 1899–1950
by Bruce Caldwell & Hansjoerg Klausinger -
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The Political Theory of Neoliberalism
by Thomas Biebricher -
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Hayek's Bastards: Race, Gold, IQ, and the Capitalism of the Far Right
by Quinn Slobodian -
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Hayek and the Evolution of Capitalism
by Naomi Beck
The best books on Friedrich Hayek, recommended by Philip Mirowski
The best books on Friedrich Hayek, recommended by Philip Mirowski
Friedrich Hayek was not a great formal economist, but he has been hugely influential politically and in the evolution of modern microeconomics, perhaps in spite of himself, argues Philip Mirowski, a historian and philosopher of economic thought. He talks us through books to better understand the Austrian émigré who ended up in the United States as the great convener of neo-liberalism in the mid-20th century and whose ideas are still influential in the new populism.
