Liberalism's Last Man

Vikash Yadav is associate professor of international relations and Asian studies at Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

• PrefaceIntroductionChapter One The Abandoned RoadChapter Two The Great UtopiaChapter Three Individualism and CollectivismChapter Four The “Inevitability” of PlanningChapter Five Planning and DemocracyChapter Six Planning and the Rule of LawChapter Seven Economic Control and TotalitarianismChapter Eight Who, Whom?Chapter Nine Security and FreedomChapter Ten Why the Worst Get on TopChapter Eleven The End of TruthChapter Twelve The Socialist Roots of NazismChapter Thirteen The Totalitarians in Our MidstChapter Fourteen Material Conditions and Ideal EndsChapter Fifteen The Prospects of International OrderConclusionAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliography

"Yadav debuts with a vigorous reappraisal of 20th-century economist Friedrich Hayek in light of todayʼs increasing authoritarian encroachment on liberal, meritocratic, free-market societies. . . . Seamlessly intertwining political philosophy, intellectual history, and textual criticism, this is an expansive and robust defense of capitalist liberalism."