This book tells the story of one of the most important public figures of the twentieth century. It is the first full biography of Friedrich Hayek, the Austrian economist who became, over the course of a remarkable career, the great philosopher of liberty in our time. In this richly detailed portrait, Alan Ebenstein chronicles the life, works, and legacy of a visionary thinker, from Hayek's early years as the scholarly son of a physician in fin-de-siecle Vienna on an increasingly wider world as an economist and political philosopher in London, New York, and Chicago. Ebenstein gives a balanced,...

Cannan's name is linked with two economic institutions: Adam Smith and the London School of Economics. Cannan played a fundamental role in England in shaping the alternative to Marshallian economics that bore fruit at the LSE during the 1930s. This work brings together his major contributions to the theory of distribution, quantity theory and the definition of Classical Economics. It includes: an introductory volume on Cannan's life and works by Alan Ebenstein; 40 book reviews, chapters and articles on Cannan; and 10 of Cannan's works.