Hayek on Mill by F A Hayek

Hayek on Mill by F A Hayek

Best known for reviving the tradition of classical liberalism, F. A. Hayek was also a prominent scholar of the philosopher John Stuart Mill. One of his greatest undertakings was a collection of Mill's extensive correspondence with his longstanding friend and later companion and wife, Harriet Taylor-Mill. Hayek first published the Mill-Taylor correspondence in 1951, and his edition soon became required reading for any study of the nineteenth-century foundations of liberalism

Hayek on Mill showcases the fascinating intersections between two of the most prominent thinkers from two successive centuries. Hayek situates Mill within the complex social and intellectual milieu of nineteenth-century Europe--as well as within twentieth-century debates on socialism and planning--and uncovers the influence of Taylor-Mill on Mill's political economy. The volume features the Mill-Taylor correspondence and includes Hayek's related writings, which were widely credited with beginning a new era of Mill scholarship.

Hayek (1899-1992), a pioneer in monetary theory and a leading proponent of classical liberalism in the twentieth century, received the Medal of Freedom in 1991 and was a co-winner of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1974. He was a professor at the University of London, the University of Chicago, and the University of Freiburg, among other places.