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Friedrich Hayek
 
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There are 12 critical essays on Friedrich Hayek.

Critical Essays on Friedrich Hayek
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Critical Essay by Fritz Machlup
16,057 words, approx. 54 pages
In the following essay, Machlup provides an extensive review of Hayek's contributions to economic theory and the defense of free markets.
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Critical Essay by Eamonn Butler
11,040 words, approx. 37 pages
In the following excerpt, Butler provides an overview of Hayek's theories regarding the ways by which human beings come to form societies.
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Critical Essay by John Gray
10,604 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Gray criticizes Hayek for constructing a philosophical system that is too dependent on the logic of economic exchange in explaining all kinds of human interaction.
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Critical Review by Lionel
8,380 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following review of Hayek's Constitution of Liberty, Robbins praises Hayek's commitment to individual freedom but criticizes his refusal to include English nineteenth-century Utilitarians such as Jeremy Bentham among its defenders.
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Critical Review by J. C. Rees
7,233 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following review of Hayek's Constitution of Liberty, Rees favorably examines Hayek's distinction between fact-based, empirical liberalism and liberalism that is overly abstract and hence based on a false view of human nature.
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Critical Essay by Linda C. Raeder
7,155 words, approx. 24 pages
In the following essay, Raeder compares Hayek's thought with that of Edmund Burke to argue that both share a commitment to a conservative, moderate liberalism.
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Critical Essay by Jeremy Shearmur
5,912 words, approx. 20 pages
In the following essay, Shearmur traces the roots of Hayek's political and economic views in the thought of Austrian social theorist Carl Menger.
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Critical Essay by Steven Lukes
5,764 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Lukes examines Hayek's challenge to the idea that societies can and should be reshaped and made more just.
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Critical Review by Piero Sraffa
5,290 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following review of Hayek's Prices and Production, Sraffa criticizes Hayek for his assumption that money should not be used as a tool for increasing investment.
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Critical Essay by Arthur Shenfield
5,212 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Shenfield reviews the connections between Hayek's legal and political thought, emphasizing his commitment to the rule of law as the primary defense of human liberty against political encroachments.
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Critical Essay by Andrew Gamble
4,461 words, approx. 15 pages
In the following essay, Gamble discusses the reception of Hayek's writings among critics on the political left.
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Critical Review by Ernest Nagel
2,557 words, approx. 9 pages
In the following review of Hayek's Counter-Revolution of Science, Nagel disagrees with Hayek's contention that the importation of the methods of natural science into the study of human interaction is wrong-headed and doomed to produce unworkable political programs.


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