The Collected Works of F. A. Hayek

Volume IV:  The Trend of Economic Thinking:
Essays on Political Economics and Economic History

Table of Contents

Editorial Foreword by W. W. Bartley, III, pp. ix-xi.

Introduction by Stephen Krespe, pp. 5-14.

PART I.  THE ECONOMIST AND HIS DISMAL TASK

Chapter One

The Trend of Economic Thinking, pp. 17-34.

Chapter Two

On Being an Economist, pp. 35-48.

Chapter Three

Two Types of Mind, pp. 49-55.

Chapter Four

History and Politics, pp. 56-72.

Part II.  THE ORIGINS OF POLITICAL ECONOMY IN BRITAIN

Chapter Five

Francis Bacon: Progenitor of Scientism (1561-1626), pp. 75-78

Chapter Six

Dr. Bernard Mandeville (1670-1733), pp. 79-100.

Chapter Seven

The Legal and Political Philosophy of David Hume (1711-1733), pp. 101-117.

Addendum: A Discovery about Hume by Keynes and Sraffa, p. 118.

Chapter Eight

Adam Smith (1723-1790): His Messagein Today's Language, pp. 119-122.

Addendum: Review, Adam Smith as Student and Professor, pp. 122-124.

• Reprint of Hayek, F. A.  1938.  Review of Adam Smith as Student & Professor by William Scott.  Economica.  Vol. 5:  359-361.

PART III.  ENGLISH MONETARY POLICY AND THE BULLION DEBATE

Chapter Nine

Genesis of the Gold Standard in Response to English Coinage Policy in the 17th and 18th Centuries., pp. 127-154.

Chapter Ten

First Paper Money in 18th-Century France, pp. 155-176.

Chapter Eleven

The Period of Restrictions, 1797-1821, and the Bullion Debate in England, pp. 177-216.

Chapter Twelve

The Dispute Between the Currency School and the Banking School, 1821-1848, pp. 216-244.

Chapter Thirteen

Richard Cantillon (c. 1680-1734), pp. 245-289.

Addenda: On Higgs

Higg's Edition of Cantillon, pp. 290-293.

• Reprinted from Hayek, F. A.  1932.  Review of Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en general, edited by Henry Higgs.  Economic Journal.  Vol. 24.  (March): 61-63.  

Higg's Bibliography of Economics, pp. 293-294.

• Reprinted from Hayek, F. A.  1936.  Review of Bibliography of Economics, 1751-1775,by Henry Higgs.  Economica.  (Feb): 99-100

Chapter Fourteen

Henry Thorton (1760-1815), pp. 295-344.

PART IV.  CURRENTS OF THOUGHT IN THE 19th CENTURY  

Chapter Fifteen

Frederic Bastiat (1801-1850), Jules Dupuit (18104-1866), Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810-1858), pp. 347-371.

Friedrich Bastiat, pp. 347-350.

Jules Dupuit, pp. 350-352.

• Reprinted from Hayek, F. A.  1934.  Review of De l'utilite: et de sa mesure by Jules Dupuit.  The Economist Monthly Book Supplement.  (June 9): 47.

Hermann Heinrich Gossen, pp. 352-371.

Chronological Order of Contents

Bibliographical Note

Editor's Acknowledgements

Index

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