In the essays in this volume Hayek contributed to economic knowledge in the context of socialism and war, while providing an intellectual defence 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, and the cult of scientific economic planning from the late 1930s and 1940s....

In this collection of essays, some of which appear here in English for the first time, F A Hayek traces his intellectual roots to the Austrian School. The book also links the Austrian School to the modern rebirth of classical liberal thought....

This book gives readers insight into F A Hayek's life and ideas. The detailed chronology depicts Hayek's early life and education, his intellectual progress, and the academic and public reception of his ideas through a series of oral history interviews. Hayek's own autobiographical notes are included....

Hayek's deep interest in the concept of money and its role within the economy is developed in "Good Money, Part I". Consisting of seven of Hayek's most significant monetary writings from the 1920s, this collection focuses on his critique of the idea that price stabilization is consistent with the stabilization of foreign exchange....

This complementary volume provides five additional essays to expand our understanding of Hayek's ideas about money and monetary policy. "Good Money, Part II: The Standard" investigates the consequences of the predicament of composition which led to one of Hayek's most controversial proposals: that governments should be denied a monopoly on the coining of money....