Archive for Robert Taylor
Book Review: The Fatal Conceit: The Errors of Socialism by F. A. Hayek
The University of Chicago Press, 5801 South Ellis Avenue; Chicago, IL 60637 • 1989 • 180 pages • $24.95 cloth At the ripe old age of 90, Nobel Laureate Friedrich von Hayek has loosed one final curve ball at the academic world. While intended as a capstone work to summarize his lifelong contributions to the [...]
1Oct1989 | Robert Taylor | 1 comment | ContinuedRousseaus Social Contract: A Critical Response
Bobby Taylor is a senior at Sullivan South High School in Kingsport, Tennessee. Political theorists have long attempted to find a plausible rationale for the existence of the coercive State. This quest reached a climax during the Enlightenment when philosophers and political scientists rejoiced over the discovery of a new model depicting the relationship between [...]
1Jan1987 | Robert Taylor | 4 comments | Continued-
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