Selected Essays by Frank H. Knight, Volume Two: Laissez-Faire: Pro and Con (Vol. 2 only)

Emmett, Ross B.

ISBN 10: 0226446972 / ISBN 13: 9780226446974

Published by University of Chicago, 1999

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This first edition (of volume 2 only) has boards bound in blue linen Edges are straight aside from small bumped section on the bottom edge of front board. Spine is uncreased with straight edges and gold gilt titling. Text block is canted. Binding is firm. 459p. Small bit of trivial staining on upper corner of front fly leaf. Interior otherwise is unmarked with crisp white pages through out. Dust Jacket is intact and unclipped with creased edges and pointed corners. Remains a great readable copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Selected Essays by Frank H. Knight, Volume Two: Laissez-Faire: Pro and Con (Vol. 2 only)
• Publisher: University of Chicago
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226446972
• ISBN 13: 9780226446974
• Binding: Hardcover. 8vo
• Edition: 1st edition.
• Condition: Good.
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good.
• Seller catalogs:
  • PHILOSOPHY
  • ECONOMICS
  • SOCIOLOGY

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Synopsis

Frank H. Knight (1885-1972) was a central figure—many say the dominant influence—in the development of the "Chicago School of Economics" at the University of Chicago in the 1930s and 1940s, where he taught future Nobel laureates Milton Friedman, James Buchanan, George Stigler, and many other notable scholars. It was Knight's embedded skepticism about the reach of economic knowledge that set the stage for the laissez-faire economics that matured at the University in the 1950s and 1960s. But as important as Knight's technical economic contributions were, he never strayed far from his broad philosophical interests and concern for the state of modern liberal democracy.

Ross B. Emmett's selection of Knight's essays is the first to offer a comprehensive picture of the work of this notable social scientist over the span of his career. Included are not only Knight's most influential writings, but also a number of uncollected papers which have not previously been widely accessible. These essays illustrate Knight's views on the central debates regarding economics, social science, ethics, education, and modern liberalism. Volume 1: "What is Truth" in Economics? contains fifteen of Knight's papers up through 1940. Volume 2: Laissez Faire: Pro and Con includes fourteen of Knight's papers from 1940 through 1967, including "Socialism: The Nature of the Problem" and "The Sickness of Liberal Society."

These twenty-nine essays together stand not only as a monument to one of economics' most significant and original thinkers, but will also serve as an invaluable resource for economists, philosophers, and political scientists interested in the development of the western liberal tradition.