Economics as Ideology

Keynes, Laski, Hayek, and the Creation of Contemporary Politics

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Av Kenneth R. Hoover

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Economics as Ideology: Keynes, Laski, Hayek and the Creation of Contemporary Politics explores the lives and thought of three powerful theorists who shaped the foundations of the center, left, and right of the political spectrum in the 20th century. Noted scholar Kenneth R. Hoover examines how each thinker developed their ideas, looks at why and how their views evolved into ideologies, and draws connections between these ideologies and our contemporary political situation. Similar in age, colleagues in academic life, and participants in the century's defining political events, the story of Keynes, Laski, and Hayek is also the story of how we in the west came to define politics as the choice between government and the market, between regulation and freedom, and between the classes and the masses.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-08-25
Mått149 x 226 x 19 mm
Vikt454 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor336
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742531130

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Chapter 1 Preface: Left, Center, and Right in the 20th CenturyChapter 2 AcknowledgementsChapter 3 Of Identities, Ideas, and IdeologiesChapter 4 The Pre-War World: Seeds of StruggleChapter 5 World War I: Unresolved ConflictsChapter 6 The Twenties: Government and the Market in CombatChapter 7 The Thirties: Duel of AllegiancesChapter 8 World War II: Destruction and DeliveranceChapter 9 The Post-War World: DenouementChapter 10 The Second Half-Century: From Ideas to IdeologiesChapter 11 Developmental Turning Points and the Formation of IdeologyChapter 12 The Oppositional Bind of IdeologyChapter 13 Identity, Ideology, and Politics

In this well-written and amply researched and documented volume, Hoover analyzes the lives and motives of three giants on the world stage in the last century: John Maynard Keynes, Harold Laski, and Frederick Hayek. Hoover deftly examines the contrasting ideologies of these major 20th-century figures and the essence of their contributions and impact on contemporary politics and economics. Highly recommended.