Is Liberal Democracy Doomed to Self-Destruction?
ABSTRACT
The conference examined several theories of liberal democratic "doom," both to assess their cogency and to determine whether any remedies are available.
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Socialism and War
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By F. A. Hayek
Edited by Bruce Caldwell
In the essays in this volume Hayek contributed to economic knowledge in the context of socialism and war, while providing an intellectual defense of a free society. The connection between the two topics is illuminated through essays containing some of Hayek’s contributions to the socialist-calculation debate, writings pertaining to war,…
Additional Readings
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Constant, Benjamin. Political Writings. Edited by and translated by Biancamaria Fontana. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988.
Koselleck, R. Critique and Crisis: Enlightenment and the Pathogenesis of Modern Society. Cambridge: The MIT Press, 1988.
Mill, John Stuart. Principles of Political Economy (The Collected Works of John Stuart Mill, Volumes 2 and 3). Edited by J. M. Robson. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2006.
Runciman, David. The Confidence Trap. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2013.
Schumpeter, Joseph A. Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy. New York: Harper Perennial, 1950.
Tocqueville, Alexis de. Democracy in America. Edited by Eduardo Nolla. Translated by James T. Schleifer. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, Inc., 2010.