Liberty and equality in political economy from Locke versus Rousseau to the present

Liberty and Equality in Political Economy is an evolutionary account of the ongoing debate between two narratives: Locke and liberty versus Rousseau and equality. Within this book, Nicholas Capaldi and Gordon Lloyd view these authors and their texts as parts of a conversation, therefore highlighting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Capaldi, Nicholas
Other Authors: Lloyd, Gordon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Northampton, MA Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 2016, c. 2016
Series:New thinking in political economy
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Collection: Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Tocqueville, Kant and Hegel
  • 7. Mill's place in the liberty narrative
  • 8. The scientific socialism of Marx and Engels
  • 9. Charles Beard, the Progressives, and Roosevelt's New Deal
  • 10. Keynes and Hayek: the road to serfdom
  • 11. Locke and Keynes arrive in the twentieth century US: Galbraith, Harrington, Friedman, and Rawls
  • 12. Hayek and Oakeshott: making a new case for liberty
  • 13. Thomas Piketty: the apotheosis of Rousseau and the French Revolution