商品簡介
Collectively, the 20 chapters gathered by the editors (both of the Independent Institute) provide a portrait of the current intellectual state of contemporary classical liberalism and its relevance to current public policy issues. Addressing economic, legal and political issues, the book discusses such topics as the historical development of the concept of civil society, voluntary associations and the creation of "moral capital," constitutional protection of private property and Chinese transition, ideology and national defense, nationalism and group think, the therapeutic state, public education, and classical liberal responses to critics. Distributed by the Independent Publishers Group Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Robert Higgs is senior fellow at the Independent Institute and editor of their quarterly journal The Independent Review. Carl P. Close is director of academic affairs at the Independent Institute and assistant editor of The Independent Review.
