Taking Hayek Seriously

The first thing to say about this book is that much the most of it is a fantasy.

But there are bigger problems with the book that that.

Nicholas Wapshott grew up as a British journalist and his approach to truth and objectivity and getting the story right unfortunately reflects that worst of that dubious . . . → Read More: I Don’t Recommend Nicholas Wapshott’s Keynes Hayek: The Clash that Defined Modern Economics

A new collection of essays on Hayek’s work in neuroscience, psychology, and the philosophy of science and mind. Table of contents and abstracts at the link.

Of special interest:

“Hayek in Today’s Cognitive Neuroscience” by Joaquín M. Fuster

Abstract:

Purpose – To show that Hayek’s prescient concepts on the cerebral cortex have received substantial support . . . → Read More: BOOK: Hayek in Mind

Here.

Here’s the news story of the event.

Judge Smith:

“There’s a certain disappointed when you open up Hayek. You say, ‘Well that is old stuff, I knew that already.’ Which of course, I did, but only because Hayek is one of those people whose ideas have so suffused the community that you can absorb . . . → Read More: “The Hayekian Judge” — Judge Robert Smith Gives the NYU Hayek Lecture

Anyone who thinks they have a competent handle on what is going on scientifically between Hayek & Keynes from reading Wapshott is deluded.