F. A. Hayek and the Heart of Viennese Intellectual Culture with Erwin Dekker

Erwin Dekker, historian of economic thought and a senior research fellow at the Mercatus Center, joins Henry Oliver to discuss his book, The Viennese Students of Civilization. They explore the intellectual world that shaped F. A. Hayek, how Austrian liberalism differs from rights-based, utilitarian, and libertarian traditions, why markets and law should be understood as evolved cultural institutions, what Vienna's café culture contributed to modern social science, how American individualism reshaped Austrian economics, and much more.

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