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dc.contributor.authorAranzadi, Javier
dc.date.accessioned2019-11-21 14:42:04
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T09:49:33Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T09:49:33Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.identifier1005932
dc.identifierOCN: 1135847885en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24199
dc.description.abstractThe defence of the market and economic freedom have been the main objectives of the investigations by liberal thinkers such as Milton Friedman, Gary Becker, F Hayek and L Von Mises. Bearing in mind that the first two economists are the maximum exponents of the Chicago School and the last two of the Austrian School, it is often concluded that the theories of both schools are similar. This book demonstrates that in reality, there is no convergence or complementariness to be found between both schools of thought. The anthropological categories, contributed by Mises, allow us to understand all human phenomena from the view of the man who acts. In this view, economics is part of a philosophical system whose core is the creative capacity of people. Becker’s work, on the other hand, is concentrated on the generalization of the homo economicus as the basis for explaining all human behaviour. He generalizes the maximizing principle to explain all human reality, and extends the scope of the application of a so-called scientific and technical view of the world. In this key volume, an important read for those in the fields of economic theory and political economy, Javier Aranzadi argues, in essence, that the tradition of Hayek and Mises encourages a humanistic liberalism, whereas the Chicago School proposes only a technical humanism.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesRoutledge Foundations of the Market Economy
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economicsen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCA Economic theory and philosophyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCP Political economyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Managementen_US
dc.subject.otherAustrian Economics
dc.subject.otherPublic Choice
dc.titleLiberalism against Liberalism
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.4324/9780203016886
oapen.relation.isPublishedBy7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb
oapen.relation.isbn9780415365437;9780415493574;9781134215645;9781134215638;9781134215591
oapen.identifier.ocn1135847885


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