Traditional political theory has placed the individualist libertarian, F.A. Hayek, and the utilitarian socialist planners, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, at opposite ends of the political spectrum. This book argues that, far from being mutually antagonistic, their two schools of thought are in fact subtly different aspects of a shared liberal intellectual tradition.
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Traditional political theory has placed the individualist libertarian, F.A. Hayek, and the utilitarian socialist planners, Sidney and Beatrice Webb, at opposite ends of the political spectrum. This book argues that, far from being mutually antagonistic, their two schools of thought are in fact subtly different aspects of a shared liberal intellectual tradition.
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