Table of Contents

Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Frank Hyneman Knight, The Moral Philosopher 3. Henry Calvert Simons, Author of the Blueprint 4. Friedrich von Hayek and the Austrian Influence 5. Milton Friedman and Monetarism 6. James Buchanan and Public Choice Theory 7. Robert E. Lucas, Jr. and New Classical Economics 8. Conclusion References Index

About the Author

Sherryl Davis Kasper, Professor of Economics and Chair, Division of Social Sciences, Maryville College, US

Reviews

'This is an important contribution to the history of thought in macroeconomics. The chapters on Lucas and Simon are lucid and sketch the development of laissez-faire policy simultaneously.'
*A.V. Katos, Economic Issues*

'This is a nicely written, succinct overview of libertarian views on American macroeconomic theory by institutional economist Sherryl Davis Kasper.'
*Rick Tilman, Journal of Economic Issues*

'I find The Revival of Laissez-Faire informative, especially as a survey of the ideas of the six economists, each of whom was no doubt at the front in the intellectual battle over laissez-faire. The book is a good source on an important slice of twentieth century economics for undergraduate history of economics course.'
*J. Daniel Hammond, Journal of the History of Economic Thought*