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Book SynopsisDiscussing how 'wars of ideas' can be waged, this work features essays, reviews and introductions that show how the founders of the IEA successfully fought the conventional 'planning' wisdom of the 1960s and 1970s, providing the ideas which, by the 1980s and 1990s, had brought about increased freedom and a revival in the use of markets.
Table of ContentsHow to move a nation; Waging the war of ideas: why there are no shortcuts; No Antony Fisher, no IEA: The Case for Freedom after 50 years; Hayek and the second-hand dealers in ideas; The power of ideas; The right use of ideas; More on the power of ideas; Hayek, Fisher and The Road to Serfdom; Foreword to The Representation of Business in English Literature; Foreword to A Conversation with Harris and Seldon; Just in Time: Inside the Thatcher Revolution; The Hoover Institution; On Friedman's 90th birthday we still need his remedy; The achievements of Peter Bauer; Beyond ideology: towards the demise of the state and the coming era of consumer politics; Looking back at the condensed version of The Road to Serfdom after 60 years; Lessons of the past fifty years show we need to create a free-market Utopia; A Gift of Freedom: How the John M Olin Foundation Changed America; Tribute to Lord Harris of High Cross and Dr Arthur Seldon CBE.
