F. A. Hayek (1899–1992)

Help LibraryThing improve these recommendations by rating them below. As members add ratings, they move recommendations up and down, on and off the list. Be sure to rate the recommendation, not just the author recommended. All things being equal, more than three stars sends it up, less than three stars sends it down.

1. Ludwig von Mises

   Author of Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Socialism: An Economic and Sociological Analysis, Planning for Freedom

2. Thomas Sowell

   Author of A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles, The Vision of the Anointed: Self-Congratulation As a Basis for Social Policy, Knowledge and Decisions

3. Milton Friedman

   Author of Capitalism and Freedom, Free to choose : a personal statement, Essays in Positive Economics (Phoenix Books)

4. Murray N. Rothbard

   Author of America's Great Depression, The Ethics of Liberty, The Case Against the Fed

5. Karl Popper

   Author of The Poverty of Historicism, Objective Knowledge: An Evolutionary Approach, Popper Selections

6. Adam Smith

   Author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Essays on Philosophical Subjects

7. Henry Hazlitt

   Author of Economics in One Lesson, The Failure of the New Economics: An Analysis of the Keynesian Fallacies, Conquest of Poverty

8. James M. Buchanan

   Author of The Calculus of Consent: Logical Foundations of Constitutional Democracy, The Limits of Liberty: Between Anarchy and Leviathan, What Should Economists Do?

9. Claude Frédéric Bastiat

   Author of Economic Sophisms, Selected Essays in Political Economy, Economic Harmonies

10. Russell Kirk

    Author of The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Eliot

11. Edmund Burke

    Author of Reflections on the Revolution in France, A Vindication of Natural Society, Select Works of Edmund Burke : A New Imprint of the Payne Edition (3 Volume Set)

12. David Boaz

    Author of The Libertarian Reader: Classic and Contemporary Writings from Lao Tzu to Milton Friedman, Libertarianism: A Primer

13. John Maynard Keynes

    Author of The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money

14. Alexander Hamilton

    Author of The Federalist

15. Joseph A. Schumpeter

    Author of Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy, History of Economic Analysis: With a New Introduction

16. Hernando De Soto

    Author of The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else

17. Robert Nozick

    Author of Anarchy, State and Utopia

18. Jonah Goldberg

    Author of Liberal Fascism

19. Albert Jay Nock

    Author of Our Enemy, the State, The Memoirs of a Superfluous Man, Jefferson

20. Virginia Postrel

    Author of The Future and Its Enemies: The Growing Conflict Over Creativity, Enterprise, and Progress